What is Hunsrück?
[[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, there is the [[Palatinate (region)|Palatinate]]. Many of the hills are not higher than 400 m. But 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). Towns in the Hunsrück include [[Simmern]], [[Kirchberg]], and [[Idar-Oberstein]], [[Kastellaun]], and [[Morbach]]. [[Frankfurt-Hahn Airport]], a growing low-fare carrier and cargo [[airport]] is there as well. 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. == Other websites == {{Commonscat}} *[http://www.heimat123.de/fotosak.htm Photos of HEIMAT- und HEIMAT3 - film locations at Hunsrück/Germany] {{in lang|de}} {{geo-stub}} [[Category:Geography of Rhineland-Palatinate]] [[Category:Mountain ranges of Germany]]