Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis

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Rheingau-Taunus
Map of Hesse highlighting the district of Rheingau-Taunus
State	Hesse
Adm. region	Darmstadt
District seat	Bad Schwalbach
Area	811.11 km²
Population	185,557 (Dec 31 2004)
Pop. density	229 /km²
Licence plate code	RÜD
Web page	http://www.rheingau-taunus.de

Rheingau-Taunus is a Kreis (district) in the west of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Limburg-Weilburg, Hochtaunuskreis, Main-Taunus, district-free Wiesbaden, Mainz-Bingen, Rhein-Lahn.

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

[edit] History

The district was created in 1977 by merging the Rheingau and Untertaunus districts.

[edit] Geography

The district covers the western part of the Taunus mountains. The river Rhine forms the district's border in the south.

[edit] Coat of arms

The coat of arms combine the coat of arms of the two former districts - in the bottom right the Mainz wheel taken from the Rheingau district, in the top left the lion of Nassau from the former Untertaunuskreis.

[edit] Towns and municipalities

Towns	Municipalities
Bad Schwalbach Eltville Geisenheim Idstein Lorch Oestrich-Winkel Rüdesheim Taunusstein	Aarbergen Heidenrod Hohenstein Hünstetten Kiedrich Niedernhausen Schlangenbad Waldems Walluf

[edit] External links

Official website (German)
Rheingau Daily Photo Blog

v • d • e Urban and rural districts in the state of Hesse in Germany

Urban districts	Darmstadt · Frankfurt · Kassel · Offenbach · Wiesbaden

Rural districts	Bergstraße · Darmstadt-Dieburg · Fulda · Gießen · Groß-Gerau · Hersfeld-Rotenburg · Hochtaunuskreis · Kassel · Lahn-Dill-Kreis · Limburg-Weilburg · Main-Kinzig-Kreis · Main-Taunus-Kreis · Marburg-Biedenkopf · Odenwaldkreis · Offenbach · Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis · Schwalm-Eder-Kreis · Vogelsbergkreis · Waldeck-Frankenberg · Werra-Meißner-Kreis · Wetteraukreis