Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis

Rhein-Hunsrück
District
Coat of arms of Rhein-Hunsrück Coat of arms
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Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
Capital	Simmern
Area
• Total	990.70 km2 (382.51 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2013)
• Total	101,854
• Density	100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration	SIM, GOA
Website	www.kreis-sim.de

Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis is a district (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

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

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

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

Coat of arms

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

Verband-free town: Boppard

Verbandsgemeinden
1.Emmelshausen Badenhard Beulich Bickenbach Birkheim Dörth Emmelshausen1,2 Gondershausen Halsenbach Hausbay Hungenroth Karbach Kratzenburg Leiningen Lingerhahn Maisborn Mermuth Morshausen Mühlpfad Ney Niedert Norath Pfalzfeld Schwall Thörlingen Utzenhain 2.Kastellaun Alterkülz Bell Beltheim Braunshorn Buch Dommershausen Gödenroth Hasselbach Hollnich Kastellaun1,2 Korweiler Lahr Mastershausen Michelbach Mörsdorf Roth Spesenroth Uhler Zilshausen	3.Kirchberg Bärenbach Belg Büchenbeuren Dickenschied Dill Dillendorf Gehlweiler Gemünden Hahn Hecken Heinzenbach Henau Hirschfeld Kappel Kirchberg1,2 Kludenbach Laufersweiler Lautzenhausen Lindenschied Maitzborn Metzenhausen Nieder Kostenz Niedersohren Niederweiler Ober Kostenz Raversbeuren Reckershausen Rödelhausen Rödern Rohrbach Schlierschied Schwarzen Sohren Sohrschied Todenroth Unzenberg Wahlenau Womrath Woppenroth Würrich 4.Rheinböllen Argenthal Benzweiler Dichtelbach Ellern Erbach Kisselbach Liebshausen Mörschbach Rheinböllen1,2 Riesweiler Schnorbach Steinbach	5.Sankt Goar-Oberwesel Damscheid Laudert Niederburg Oberwesel1,2 Perscheid Sankt Goar2 Urbar Wiebelsheim 6.Simmern Altweidelbach Belgweiler Bergenhausen Biebern Bubach Budenbach Fronhofen Holzbach Horn Keidelheim Klosterkumbd Külz Kümbdchen Laubach Mengerschied Mutterschied Nannhausen Neuerkirch Niederkumbd Ohlweiler Oppertshausen Pleizenhausen Ravengiersburg Rayerschied Reich Riegenroth Sargenroth Schönborn Simmern1,2 Tiefenbach Wahlbach Wüschheim
1seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ;2town