Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis

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.

Rhein-Hunsrück
District
Flag 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)
• 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

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

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.Hunsrück-Mittelrhein Badenhard Beulich Bickenbach Birkheim Damscheid Dörth Emmelshausen1,2 Gondershausen Halsenbach Hausbay Hungenroth Karbach Kratzenburg Laudert Leiningen Lingerhahn Maisborn Mermuth Morshausen Mühlpfad Ney Niederburg Niedert Norath Oberwesel2 Perscheid Pfalzfeld Sankt Goar2 Schwall Thörlingen Urbar Utzenhain Wiebelsheim	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.Simmern-Rheinböllen Altweidelbach Argenthal Belgweiler Benzweiler Bergenhausen Biebern Bubach Budenbach Dichtelbach Ellern Erbach Fronhofen Holzbach Horn Keidelheim Kisselbach Klosterkumbd Külz Kümbdchen Laubach Liebshausen Mengerschied Mörschbach Mutterschied Nannhausen Neuerkirch Niederkumbd Ohlweiler Oppertshausen Pleizenhausen Ravengiersburg Rayerschied Reich Rheinböllen2 Riegenroth Riesweiler Sargenroth Schnorbach Schönborn Simmern1,2 Steinbach Tiefenbach Wahlbach Wüschheim
1seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ;2town