Hunsrück
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[[Image:Hunsrueck01.jpg|right|250px|thumb|A typical view of the Hunsrück countryside.]]
[[Image:Baldiunseck1.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Ruine Balduinseck between Mastershausen and Buch]]
The '''Hunsrück''' is a low [[mountain range]] in [[Rhineland-Palatinate]], [[Germany]]. It is bounded by the river valleys of the [[Moselle River|Moselle]] (north), the [[Nahe]] (south), and the [[Rhine]] (east). 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 [[Palatinate (region)|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]], [[Kirchberg]], and [[Idar-Oberstein]], [[Kastellaun]], and [[Morbach]]. [[Frankfurt-Hahn Airport]], 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]] is mined in the mountains.
The German TV drama trilogy ''[[Heimat (film)|Heimat]]'', directed by [[Edgar Reitz]], examined the 20th-century life of a small fictional village in the Hunsrück.
== External links ==
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*[http://www.heimat123.de/fotosak.htm Photos of HEIMAT- und HEIMAT3 - film locations at Hunsrück/Germany] {{de icon}}
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[[Category:Mountain ranges of Germany]]
[[Category:Geography of Rhineland-Palatinate]]
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