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Rhein-Lahn-Kreis

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Rhein-Lahn
Map of Rhineland-Palatinate highlighting the district of Rhein-Lahn
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District seat	Bad Ems
Area	782.3 km²
Population	129,394 (2002)
Pop. density	165 /km²
Licence plate code	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

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.

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.

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.

Verband-free town
Lahnstein

Verbandsgemeinden
1. Bad Ems Arzbach Bad Ems^{1, 2} Becheln Dausenau Fachbach Frücht Kemmenau Miellen Nievern 2. Braubach Braubach^{1, 2} Dachsenhausen Filsen Kamp-Bornhofen Osterspai 3. Diez Altendiez Aull Balduinstein Birlenbach Charlottenberg Cramberg Diez^{1, 2} Dörnberg Eppenrod Geilnau Gückingen Hambach Heistenbach Hirschberg Holzappel Holzheim Horhausen Isselbach Langenscheid Laurenburg Scheidt Steinsberg Wasenbach	4. Hahnstätten Burgschwalbach Flacht Hahnstätten¹ Kaltenholzhausen Lohrheim Mudershausen Netzbach Niederneisen Oberneisen Schiesheim 5. Katzenelnbogen Allendorf Berghausen Berndroth Biebrich Bremberg Dörsdorf Ebertshausen Eisighofen Ergeshausen Gutenacker Herold Katzenelnbogen^{1, 2} Klingelbach Kördorf Mittelfischbach Niedertiefenbach Oberfischbach Reckenroth Rettert Roth Schönborn 6. Loreley Auel Bornich Dahlheim Dörscheid Kaub² Kestert Lierschied Lykershausen Nochern Patersberg Prath Reichenberg Reitzenhain Sankt Goarshausen^{1, 2} Sauerthal Weisel Weyer	7. Nassau Attenhausen Dessighofen Dienethal Dornholzhausen Geisig Hömberg Lollschied Misselberg Nassau^{1, 2} Obernhof Oberwies Pohl Schweighausen Seelbach Singhofen Sulzbach Weinähr Winden Zimmerschied 8. Nastätten Berg Bettendorf Bogel Buch Diethardt Ehr Endlichhofen Eschbach Gemmerich Hainau Himmighofen Holzhausen an der Haide Hunzel Kasdorf Kehlbach Lautert Lipporn Marienfels Miehlen Nastätten^{1, 2} Niederbachheim Niederwallmenach Oberbachheim Obertiefenbach Oberwallmenach Oelsberg Rettershain Ruppertshofen Strüth Weidenbach Welterod Winterwerb
¹seat of the Verbandsgemeinde; ²town

Verbandsgemeinden