Bad Kreuznach (district)

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Bad Kreuznach
Map of Rhineland-Palatinate highlighting the district Bad Kreuznach
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
County seat	Bad Kreuznach
Area	864 km²
Population	157,600 (2002)
Pop. density	182 inh./km²
Car identification	KH
Web page	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.

Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Coat of arms 4 Towns and municipalities 5 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] Geography

The district is located in the hilly country between the mountain chains of the Hunsrück in the north and the Nordpfälzer Bergland 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.

[edit] 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

[edit] Towns and municipalities

Towns	Verbandsgemeinden
Bad Kreuznach Kirn	Bad Kreuznach-Land Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg¹ Bad Sobernheim¹ Kirn-Land Langenlonsheim Meisenheim¹ Rüdesheim an der Nahe Stromberg¹ ¹includes town of the same name

[edit] External links

• Official website (German)
• Naheland touristical website (German, English)
• www.KH-lokal.de - local community with more than 1.800 links to homepages of Bad Kreuznach (district)
• A flickr-group with fotos of Bad Kreuznach (district)

	Urban and rural districts in the Federal State of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany
Urban districts	Frankenthal | Kaiserslautern | Koblenz | Landau | Ludwigshafen | Mainz | Neustadt (Weinstraße) 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