Bad Kreuznach (district)

Bad Kreuznach

District

Coat of arms

Country

Germany

State

Rhineland-Palatinate

Capital

Bad Kreuznach

Area

• Total

863.72 km² (333.48 sq mi)

Population (31 December 2015)^[1]

• Total

156,821

• Density

180/km² (470/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

Vehicle registration

Website

kreis-badkreuznach.de

Bad Kreuznach is a district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Rhein-Hunsrück, Mainz-Bingen, Alzey-Worms, Donnersbergkreis, Kusel and Birkenfeld.

History

The region is full of medieval castles, especially along the Nahe River. Best known is the Kyrburg of Kirn, built in the 12th century and sitting in state above the river.

In 1815 the district of Kreuznach was established by the Prussian government. In 1932 it was merged with the district of Meisenheim. The name of the district officially changed from Kreuznach to Bad Kreuznach in 1969.

Geography

The district is located in the hilly country between the mountain chains of the Hunsrück in the north and the North Palatine Uplands in the south. The main axis of the district is the Nahe River, which enters the territory in the west, runs through Kirn, Bad Sobernheim and Bad Kreuznach, and leaves to the northeast.

The region formed by this district and the adjoining Birkenfeld district is known as the Naheland. The banks of the lower Nahe are used for vineyards. Away from the stream there are sparsely populated forests crisscrossed by the narrow affluents of the Nahe River.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms displays:

the heraldic lion of the Palatinate
the blue and golden pattern of the medieval county of Sponheim

Towns and municipalities

Verband-free towns
Bad Kreuznach Kirn

Verbandsgemeinden
1. Bad Kreuznach [seat: Bad Kreuznach] Biebelsheim Frei-Laubersheim Fürfeld Hackenheim Neu-Bamberg Pfaffen-Schwabenheim Pleitersheim Tiefenthal Volxheim 2. Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg [seat: Bad Kreuznach] Altenbamberg Duchroth Feilbingert Hallgarten Hochstätten Niederhausen Norheim Oberhausen an der Nahe Traisen 3. Bad Sobernheim Auen Bad Sobernheim^{1, 2} Bärweiler Daubach Ippenschied Kirschroth Langenthal Lauschied Martinstein Meddersheim Merxheim Monzingen Nußbaum Odernheim am Glan Rehbach Seesbach Staudernheim Weiler bei Monzingen Winterburg	4. Kirn-Land [seat: Kirn] Bärenbach Becherbach bei Kirn Brauweiler Bruschied Hahnenbach Heimweiler Heinzenberg Hennweiler Hochstetten-Dhaun Horbach Kellenbach Königsau Limbach Meckenbach Oberhausen bei Kirn Otzweiler Schneppenbach Schwarzerden Simmertal Weitersborn 5. Langenlonsheim Bretzenheim Dorsheim Guldental Langenlonsheim¹ Laubenheim Rümmelsheim Windesheim 6. Meisenheim Abtweiler Becherbach Breitenheim Callbach Desloch Hundsbach Jeckenbach Lettweiler Löllbach Meisenheim^{1, 2} Raumbach Rehborn Reiffelbach Schmittweiler Schweinschied	7. Rüdesheim Allenfeld Argenschwang Bockenau Boos Braunweiler Burgsponheim Dalberg Gebroth Gutenberg Hargesheim Hergenfeld Hüffelsheim Mandel Münchwald Oberstreit Roxheim Rüdesheim an der Nahe¹ Sankt Katharinen Schloßböckelheim Sommerloch Spabrücken Spall Sponheim Waldböckelheim Wallhausen Weinsheim Winterbach 8. Stromberg Daxweiler Dörrebach Eckenroth Roth Schöneberg Schweppenhausen Seibersbach Stromberg^{1, 2} Waldlaubersheim Warmsroth
¹seat of the Verbandsgemeinde; ²town

Verbandsgemeinden

1. Bad Kreuznach

[seat: Bad Kreuznach]

2. Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg

[seat: Bad Kreuznach]

3. Bad Sobernheim

4. Kirn-Land
[seat: Kirn]

5. Langenlonsheim

6. Meisenheim

7. Rüdesheim

8. Stromberg

¹seat of the Verbandsgemeinde; ²town

References

↑ "Gemeinden in Deutschland mit Bevölkerung am 31. Dezember 2015" (PDF). Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2016.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Landkreis Bad Kreuznach.

Towns and municipalities in Bad Kreuznach (district)

Abtweiler Allenfeld Altenbamberg Argenschwang Auen Bad Kreuznach Bad Sobernheim Bärenbach Bärweiler Becherbach Becherbach bei Kirn Biebelsheim Bockenau Boos Braunweiler Brauweiler Breitenheim Bretzenheim Bruschied Burgsponheim Callbach Dalberg Daubach Daxweiler Desloch Dörrebach Dorsheim Duchroth Eckenroth Feilbingert Frei-Laubersheim Fürfeld Gebroth Guldental Gutenberg Hackenheim Hahnenbach Hallgarten Hargesheim Heimweiler Heinzenberg Hennweiler Hergenfeld Hochstätten Hochstetten-Dhaun Horbach Hüffelsheim Hundsbach Ippenschied Jeckenbach Kellenbach Kirn Kirschroth Königsau Langenlonsheim Langenthal Laubenheim Lauschied Lettweiler Limbach Löllbach Mandel Martinstein Meckenbach Meddersheim Meisenheim Merxheim Monzingen Münchwald Neu-Bamberg Niederhausen Norheim Nußbaum Oberhausen an der Nahe Oberhausen bei Kirn Oberstreit Odernheim am Glan Otzweiler Pfaffen-Schwabenheim Pleitersheim Raumbach Rehbach Rehborn Reiffelbach Roth Roxheim Rüdesheim an der Nahe Rümmelsheim Sankt Katharinen Schloßböckelheim Schmittweiler Schneppenbach Schöneberg Schwarzerden Schweinschied Schweppenhausen Seesbach Seibersbach Simmertal Sommerloch Spabrücken Spall Sponheim Staudernheim Stromberg Tiefenthal Traisen Volxheim Waldböckelheim Waldlaubersheim Wallhausen Warmsroth Weiler bei Monzingen Weinsheim Weitersborn Windesheim Winterbach Winterburg

Urban and rural districts in the State of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany

Urban districts	Frankenthal Kaiserslautern Koblenz Landau Ludwigshafen Mainz Neustadt Pirmasens Speyer Trier Worms Zweibrücken

Rural districts	Ahrweiler Altenkirchen Alzey-Worms Bad Dürkheim Bad Kreuznach Bernkastel-Wittlich Birkenfeld Bitburg-Prüm Cochem-Zell Donnersbergkreis Germersheim Kaiserslautern Kusel Mainz-Bingen Mayen-Koblenz Neuwied Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis Rhein-Lahn-Kreis Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis Südliche Weinstraße Südwestpfalz Trier-Saarburg Vulkaneifel Westerwaldkreis

Coordinates: 49°50′N 7°50′E / 49.83°N 7.83°E / 49.83; 7.83

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 312825276 LCCN: n86137167 GND: 4033086-2

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