Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis

District in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Rhein-Hunsrück

District

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Coat of arms

Country| Germany
State| Rhineland-Palatinate
Capital| Simmern
Government

• District admin.| Volker Boch
Area

• Total

| 990.70 km2 (382.51 sq mi)
Population

(31 December 2022)[1]

• Total

| 105,566
• Density| 110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration| SIM, GOA
Website| www.kreis-sim.de

Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis is a district (German: Kreis) in the middle of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The neighbouring districts are (from north clockwise) Mayen-Koblenz, Rhein-Lahn, Mainz-Bingen, Bad Kreuznach, Birkenfeld, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Cochem-Zell.

## History

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The district was created in 1969, when the districts of St. Goar and Simmern were merged. In 2014 it was expanded with the municipalities Lahr, Mörsdorf and Zilshausen, previously part of Cochem-Zell.

## Geography

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The name of the district already mentions the two main geographic features of the district - the river Rhine which forms the boundary to the north-east and the hills of the Hunsrück cover most of the area of the district.

The Frankfurt-Hahn Airport is located in the district.

## Partnerships

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In 1962, Simmern began a friendship pact with the French region Bourgogne, which was continued after the merging with the St. Goar. In 1985 a partnership was started with the district Nyaruguru (at that time called the municipality Rwamiko) in Rwanda, as part of the partnership of the Rhineland-Palatinate region with Rwanda. In 1999, a partnership with the Hungarian Zala County began.

## Coat of arms

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The chequered bar in the top is taken from the coat of arms of the district Simmern, and stands for the Counts of Sponheim, who owned several estates in the district. The imperial eagle to the left was taken from the coat of arms of the St. Goar district, and represents the imperial cities Boppard and Oberwesel. To the right is the lion of the Electorate of the Palatinate.

## Towns and municipalities

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Verband-free town: Boppard

Verbandsgemeinden

* 1.Hunsrück-Mittelrhein

1. Badenhard
2. Beulich
3. Bickenbach
4. Birkheim
5. Damscheid
6. Dörth
7. Emmelshausen1,2
8. Gondershausen
9. Halsenbach
10. Hausbay
11. Hungenroth
12. Karbach
13. Kratzenburg
14. Laudert
15. Leiningen
16. Lingerhahn
17. Maisborn
18. Mermuth
19. Morshausen
20. Mühlpfad
21. Ney
22. Niederburg
23. Niedert
24. Norath
25. Oberwesel2
26. Perscheid
27. Pfalzfeld
28. Sankt Goar2
29. Schwall
30. Thörlingen
31. Urbar
32. Utzenhain
33. Wiebelsheim

* 2.Kastellaun

1. Alterkülz
2. Bell
3. Beltheim
4. Braunshorn
5. Buch
6. Dommershausen
7. Gödenroth
8. Hasselbach
9. Hollnich
10. Kastellaun1,2
11. Korweiler
12. Lahr
13. Mastershausen
14. Michelbach
15. Mörsdorf
16. Roth
17. Spesenroth
18. Uhler
19. Zilshausen

* 3.Kirchberg

1. Bärenbach
2. Belg
3. Büchenbeuren
4. Dickenschied
5. Dill
6. Dillendorf
7. Gehlweiler
8. Gemünden
9. Hahn
10. Hecken
11. Heinzenbach
12. Henau
13. Hirschfeld
14. Kappel
15. Kirchberg1,2
16. Kludenbach
17. Laufersweiler
18. Lautzenhausen
19. Lindenschied
20. Maitzborn
21. Metzenhausen
22. Nieder Kostenz
23. Niedersohren
24. Niederweiler
25. Ober Kostenz
26. Raversbeuren
27. Reckershausen
28. Rödelhausen
29. Rödern
30. Rohrbach
31. Schlierschied
32. Schwarzen
33. Sohren
34. Sohrschied
35. Todenroth
36. Unzenberg
37. Wahlenau
38. Womrath
39. Woppenroth
40. Würrich

* 4.Simmern-Rheinböllen

1. Altweidelbach
2. Argenthal
3. Belgweiler
4. Benzweiler
5. Bergenhausen
6. Biebern
7. Bubach
8. Budenbach
9. Dichtelbach
10. Ellern
11. Erbach
12. Fronhofen
13. Holzbach
14. Horn
15. Keidelheim
16. Kisselbach
17. Klosterkumbd
18. Külz
19. Kümbdchen
20. Laubach
21. Liebshausen
22. Mengerschied
23. Mörschbach
24. Mutterschied
25. Nannhausen
26. Neuerkirch
27. Niederkumbd
28. Ohlweiler
29. Oppertshausen
30. Pleizenhausen
31. Ravengiersburg
32. Rayerschied
33. Reich
34. Rheinböllen2
35. Riegenroth
36. Riesweiler
37. Sargenroth
38. Schnorbach
39. Schönborn
40. Simmern1,2
41. Steinbach
42. Tiefenbach
43. Wahlbach
44. Wüschheim

1seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ;2town  |

50°05′N 7°30′E﻿ / ﻿50.08°N 7.5°E﻿ / 50.08; 7.5

## References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis.

1. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.

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