A typical view of the Hunsrück countryside.

The Hunsrück is a low mountain range in Rheinland-Pfalz (Rhineland-Palatinate), Germany. It is bounded by the river valleys of the Moselle (north), the Nahe (south) and the Rhine (east). The most general definition of mountain range is a group of mountains bordered by lowlands. ... The Rhenish Palatinate (Rheinpfalz, sometimes Lower Palatinate or Niederpfalz) occupies rather more than a quarter of the German Bundesland (federal state) of Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz) and contains the towns of Ludwigshafen, Kaiserslautern, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Pirmasens, Landau and Speyer. ... The Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is one of the worlds leading industrialised countries, located in the heart of Europe. ... The Moselle (French Moselle, German Mosel) is a river flowing through France, Luxembourg and Germany, joining the Rhine river at Koblenz. ... The Nahe is a river in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, a tributary to the Rhine. ... The Rhine canyon (Ruinaulta) in Graubünden in Switzerland Length 1. ...

The Hunsrück is continued by the Taunus mountains on the eastern side of the Rhine. In the north behind the Moselle it is continued by the Eifel. To the south of the Nahe, the Pfalz is to be found. Taunus seen from Frankfurt/Main The Taunus is a mountain chain in Hesse, Germany. ... The Eifel is a hilly region in Germany. ... A palatinate is an area administered by a count palatine, originally the direct representative of the sovereign but later the hereditary ruler of the territory subject to the crowns overlordship. ...

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, Kirchberg, and Idar-Oberstein , Kastellaun and Morbach . Frankfurt-Hahn Airport, a growing low-fare carrier and cargo airport is also located within the region. Simmern (pronounced zi-MANN), town in Germany in the western state of Rhineland-Palatinate and seat of the Simmern enclave of the Rhein-Hunsrück district or Kreis. ... There are communes and places that have the name Kirchberg: In Austria A subdivision of Fontanella in Vorarlberg A town near Kitzbühel In Luxembourg Kirchberg-Plateau In Switzerland Kirchberg BE, in the Canton of Bern Kirchberg SG, in the Canton of St Gallen In France Kirchberg, in the Haut-Rhin... Idar-Oberstein (known in some circles as The Gemstone Capital) is a city in the Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany. ... Frankfurt-Hahn Airport (German Flughafen Frankfurt-Hahn, IATA airport code: HHN, ICAO airport code: EDFH) is an international aviation facility between the towns of Simmern and Kirchberg in the Rhein-Hunsrück district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. ...

The climate in the Hunsrück is characterised by rainy weather. Slate is mined in the mountains. Alternate meanings in Slate (disambiguation) Slate Slate is a fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash which has been metamorphosed (foliated) in layers (bedded deposits). ...

The West German TV drama series Heimat (and later 1984 film) directed by Edgar Reitz examined the life of a small fictional village in the Hunsrück between 1919 and 2000. 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 Hunsrück area of the Rhineland. ... Edgar Reitz (born November 1, 1932 in Morbach, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a German filmmaker. ... 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...