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The Hunsrück is a low mountain range
Mountain range

A mountain range is a chain of mountains bordered by highlands or separated from other mountains by mountain pass or valleys. Individual mountains within the same mountain range do not necessarily have the same geology, though they often do; they may be a mix of different orogeny, for example volcanoes, uplifted mountains or Fold mountains...
 in Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 States of Germany of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz....
, Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
. It is bounded by the river valleys of the Moselle
Moselle River

The Moselle is a river flowing through France, Luxembourg and Germany. It is a left tributary of the Rhine river, joining it at Koblenz. A small part of Belgium is also drained by the Mosel through the Our River....
 (north), the Nahe
Nahe

The Nahe River is a river in Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, Germany, a left tributary to the Rhine. It has also given name to the wine region Nahe situated around it....
 (south), and the Rhine
Rhine

File:Swiss Grand Canyon.jpgThe Rhine is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe, at , with an average discharge of more than ....
 (east). The Hunsrück is continued by the Taunus
Taunus

The Taunus is a low mountain range in Hesse, Germany that composes part of the Rhenish Slate Mountains. It is bounded by the river valleys of Rhine, Main and Lahn....
 mountains on the eastern side of the Rhine. In the north behind the Moselle
Moselle

Moselle is a departments of France in the east of France named after the Moselle River....
 it is continued by the Eifel
Eifel

The Eifel is a low mountain range in western Germany. It occupies parts of southwestern North Rhine-Westphalia and northwestern Rhineland-Palatinate....
.






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The Hunsrück is a low mountain range
Mountain range

A mountain range is a chain of mountains bordered by highlands or separated from other mountains by mountain pass or valleys. Individual mountains within the same mountain range do not necessarily have the same geology, though they often do; they may be a mix of different orogeny, for example volcanoes, uplifted mountains or Fold mountains...
 in Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 States of Germany of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz....
, Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
. It is bounded by the river valleys of the Moselle
Moselle River

The Moselle is a river flowing through France, Luxembourg and Germany. It is a left tributary of the Rhine river, joining it at Koblenz. A small part of Belgium is also drained by the Mosel through the Our River....
 (north), the Nahe
Nahe

The Nahe River is a river in Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, Germany, a left tributary to the Rhine. It has also given name to the wine region Nahe situated around it....
 (south), and the Rhine
Rhine

File:Swiss Grand Canyon.jpgThe Rhine is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe, at , with an average discharge of more than ....
 (east). The Hunsrück is continued by the Taunus
Taunus

The Taunus is a low mountain range in Hesse, Germany that composes part of the Rhenish Slate Mountains. It is bounded by the river valleys of Rhine, Main and Lahn....
 mountains on the eastern side of the Rhine. In the north behind the Moselle
Moselle

Moselle is a departments of France in the east of France named after the Moselle River....
 it is continued by the Eifel
Eifel

The Eifel is a low mountain range in western Germany. It occupies parts of southwestern North Rhine-Westphalia and northwestern Rhineland-Palatinate....
. To the south of the Nahe, the Palatinate is to be found.

Many of the hills are not higher than 400 m. There are several chains of higher peaks within the Hunsrück, all bearing names on their own: the (Schwarzwälder) Hochwald, the Idarwald, the Soonwald, and the Binger Wald. The highest peak is the Erbeskopf (816 m).

Notable towns located within the Hunsrück include Simmern
Simmern

Simmern is a town in Germany with 8,000 inhabitants. It is located in the western state of Rhineland-Palatinate, 630 km from Berlin and 55 km west from Mainz....
, Kirchberg
Kirchberg

Kirchberg may refer to: ...
, and Idar-Oberstein
Idar-Oberstein

Idar-Oberstein is a city in the Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany. It is The German Capital of Gemstone Industry. The city lies on the Nahe River, in the district of Birkenfeld ....
, Kastellaun
Kastellaun

Kastellaun is a municipality in the Rhein-Hunsr?ck district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated in the Hunsr?ck, approx. 11 km northwest of Simmern, and 35 km southwest of Koblenz....
, and Morbach
Morbach

Morbach is a municipality in the district Bernkastel-Wittlich, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated in the Hunsr?ck mountains, approx....
. Frankfurt-Hahn Airport
Frankfurt-Hahn Airport

Frankfurt-Hahn Airport is a commercial airport located from the town of Kirchberg and from the town of Simmern in the Rhein-Hunsrueck district of Rhineland-Palatinate to the west of central Germany....
, a growing low-fare carrier and cargo airport is also located within the region.

The climate in the Hunsrück is characterised by rainy weather. Slate
Slate

Slate is a fine-grained, foliation , homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcano ash through low grade regional metamorphism....
 is mined in the mountains.

The German TV drama trilogy Heimat
Heimat (film)

Heimat is a trilogy of episodic films by Edgar Reitz which views life in Germany between 1919 and 2000 through the eyes of a family from the Hunsr?ck area of the Rhineland....
, directed by Edgar Reitz
Edgar Reitz

Edgar Reitz is a Germany filmmaker....
, examined the 20th-century life of a small fictional village in the Hunsrück.

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