Rhein-Hunsrück

Infobox German district noregbez
name=Rhein-Hunsrück
state=Rhineland-Palatinate
former regierungsbezirk=Koblenz
capital=Simmern
area=963.10
population=105,173
population_as_of=2000
density=109
carsign=SIM
url= [http://www.landkreis-rheinhunsrueck.de landkreis-rheinhunsrueck.de]

Rhein-Hunsrück 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.

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 county Zala began.

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