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 townsBad Kreuznach Verbandsgemeinden1. Bad Kreuznach [seat: Bad Kreuznach] Altenbamberg Biebelsheim Feilbingert Frei-Laubersheim Fürfeld Hackenheim Hallgarten Hochstätten Neu-Bamberg Pfaffen-Schwabenheim Pleitersheim Tiefenthal Volxheim2. Kirner Land Bärenbach Becherbach bei Kirn Brauweiler Bruschied Hahnenbach Heimweiler Heinzenberg Hennweiler Hochstetten-Dhaun Horbach Kellenbach Kirn1, 2 Königsau Limbach Meckenbach Oberhausen bei Kirn Otzweiler Schneppenbach Schwarzerden Simmertal Weitersborn3. Langenlonsheim-Stromberg Bretzenheim Daxweiler Dörrebach Dorsheim Eckenroth Guldental Langenlonsheim1 Laubenheim Roth Rümmelsheim Schöneberg Schweppenhausen Seibersbach Stromberg2 Waldlaubersheim Warmsroth Windesheim4. Nahe-Glan Abtweiler Auen Bad Sobernheim1, 2 Bärweiler Becherbach Breitenheim Callbach Daubach Desloch Hundsbach Ippenschied Jeckenbach Kirschroth Langenthal Lauschied Lettweiler Löllbach Martinstein Meddersheim Meisenheim2 Merxheim Monzingen Nußbaum Odernheim am Glan Raumbach Rehbach Rehborn Reiffelbach Schmittweiler Schweinschied Seesbach Staudernheim Weiler bei Monzingen Winterburg5. Rüdesheim Allenfeld Argenschwang Bockenau Boos Braunweiler Burgsponheim Dalberg Duchroth Gebroth Gutenberg Hargesheim Hergenfeld Hüffelsheim Mandel Münchwald Niederhausen Norheim Oberhausen an der Nahe Oberstreit Roxheim Rüdesheim an der Nahe1 Sankt Katharinen Schloßböckelheim Sommerloch Spabrücken Spall Sponheim Traisen Waldböckelheim Wallhausen Weinsheim Winterbach 1seat of the Verbandsgemeinde; 2town
Politics Kreuznach (electoral district) for the Bundestag.
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External links
(German) Naheland tourist 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)