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Rhineland-Palatinate

Hunsrück

Hunsrück is a low mountain range in , . It is surrounded by the river valleys of the Moselle, Rhine, Nahe and Saar. The landscape is mostly affected by farming and forestry.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Idar-Oberstein and Hahn.

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is a city in the region of and is in is at a narrows, between rocky cliffs and the banks of the Nahe. Since every square meter of land is at a premium here, the river has been covered over in the town.

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is a hamlet in Rhineland Palatinate, , best known for its international airport served by budget carriers. Though the airport is advertised as a way to get to , is actually about halfway between Frankfurt and —over 100 km from each.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Protestant Church (Hirschfeld Hunsrück) and St. Wendalinus.

Church
Photo: HelgeRieder, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Church
Photo: Hihiman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Büchenbeuren and Horbruch.

Village
Photo: Prankster, Public domain.
is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the in , .

Village
Photo: Prankster, CC0.
is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the district in , . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Herrstein-Rhaunen, whose seat is in .

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the in , .

Hunsrück

Latitude
49.9163° or 49° 54′ 59″ north
Longitude
7.2338° or 7° 14′ 2″ east
Open location code
8FX9W68M+GG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 544102426
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­region
Wiki­data ID
Q311234
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Hunsrück” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “هنسرك”
  • Breton: “Hunsrück”
  • Bulgarian: “Хунсрюк”
  • Catalan: “Hunsrück”
  • Chinese: “洪斯吕克山”
  • Chinese: “洪斯吕克山脉”
  • Chinese: “洪斯呂克山”
  • Czech: “Hunsrück”
  • Danish: “Hunsrück”
  • Danish: “Hunsryck”
  • Dutch: “Hundsruck”
  • Dutch: “Hundsrück”
  • Dutch: “Hunsrück-bergen”
  • Dutch: “Hunsruck”
  • Dutch: “Hunsrück”
  • Dutch: “Hunsrueck”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هونسروك”
  • Esperanto: “Hunsrück”
  • Finnish: “Hunsrück”
  • French: “Hundsruck”
  • French: “Hunsruck”
  • French: “Hunsrück”
  • German: “Hunsrück”
  • Hebrew: “הונסרוק”
  • Hebrew: “הונסריק”
  • Hebrew: “הרי הונסרוק”
  • Hebrew: “הרי הונסריק”
  • Italian: “Hunsrück”
  • Italian: “Hunsrueck”
  • Japanese: “フンスリュック”
  • Japanese: “フンスリュック山地”
  • Ladin: “Hunsrück”
  • Latin: “Tergum Caninum”
  • Limburgan: “Hunsrück”
  • Luxembourgish: “Honsréck”
  • Northern Frisian: “Hunsrück”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hunsrück”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hunsrück”
  • Norwegian: “Hunsrück”
  • Persian: “رشته‌کوه هونزروک”
  • Persian: “رشته‌کوه هونسروک”
  • Polish: “Hunsruck”
  • Polish: “Hunsrück”
  • Portuguese: “Hunsrück”
  • Romanian: “Hunsruck”
  • Romanian: “Hunsrück”
  • Russian: “Гунсрюк”
  • Russian: “Хунсрюк”
  • Slovenian: “Hunsrück”
  • Spanish: “Hunsruck”
  • Spanish: “Hunsrück”
  • Swedish: “Hunsrück”
  • Ukrainian: “Гунсрюк”
  • Ukrainian: “Хунсрюк”
  • Venetian: “Hunsrück”
  • Western Frisian: “Hunsrück”
  • Wu Chinese: “洪斯吕克山”

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