Rhein-Lahn-Kreis

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Rhein-Lahn
Map of Rhineland-Palatinate highlighting the district Rhein-Lahn
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
County seat	Bad Ems
Area	782.3 km²
Population	129,394 (2002)
Pop. density	165 inh./km²
Car identification	EMS
Web page	http://www.rhein-lahn-info.de

Rhein-Lahn is a district (Kreis) in the east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Westerwaldkreis, Limburg-Weilburg, Rheingau-Taunus, Mainz-Bingen, Rhein-Hunsrück, Mayen-Koblenz, and the district-free city Koblenz.

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

[edit] History

With the Congress of Vienna the area was added to the duchy of Nassau. When Nassau lost indepence in 1866 it was added to Prussia, who then in 1867 created the Regierungsbezirk Wiesbaden, and as parts of it the two districts Rheingaukreis and Unterlahnkreis. The Rheingaukreis became the district St. Goarshausen in 1885. In 1969 the two districts were merged into the new Rhein-Lahn district.

[edit] Geography

The name of the district already mentions the two biggest rivers of the district. The Rhine forms the boundary to the west, its narrow valley is used for wine cultivation. The Lahn flows through the northern part of the district until it joins the Rhine near Lahnstein. In the southern part of the district are the hills of the Taunus.

[edit] Coat of arms

The coat of arms most prominently shows a lion, as most of the historic rulers of the area had a lion in their coat of arms. These include the Counts of Diez, the Counts and later Princes of Nassau, the Counts of Katzenelnbogen and the Princes of the Palatinate. The two colors red and blue represent the two districts which were merged to form the Rhein-Lahn district - the blue derives from Nassau, the red from the clerical states of Trier and Mainz.

[edit] Towns and municipalities

Towns	Verbandsgemeinden
Lahnstein	Bad Ems¹ Braubach¹ Diez¹ Hahnstätten Katzenelnbogen¹ Loreley (incl. towns Kaub and Sankt Goarshausen) Nassau¹ Nastätten¹ ¹includes town of the same name

Towns

Verbandsgemeinden

Lahnstein

Bad Ems¹
Braubach¹
Diez¹
Hahnstätten
Katzenelnbogen¹
Loreley (incl. towns Kaub and Sankt Goarshausen)
Nassau¹
Nastätten¹

¹includes town of the same name

[edit] External links

Official website (German)

	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