Rheingau-Taunus | |
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| Country | Germany |
| State | Hesse |
| Adm. region | Darmstadt |
| Capital | Bad Schwalbach |
| Government | |
| • District admin. | Sandro Zehner (CDU) |
| Area | |
• Total | 811.11 km2 (313.17 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2023)[1] | |
• Total | 186,050 |
| • Density | 229.38/km2 (594.08/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | RÜD, SWA |
| Website | www |
Rheingau-Taunus is a Kreis (district) in the west ofHesse,Germany. Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis is part of theDarmstadt region; its main administrative seat isBad Schwalbach. Outposted sections of the local administration are located inIdstein andRüdesheim am Rhein.
Neighbouring districts are the Hessian districts ofLimburg-Weilburg,Hochtaunuskreis,Main-Taunus-Kreis, district-freeWiesbaden andMainz-Bingen andRhein-Lahn which are located inRhineland-Palatinate.
From 983 to 1803, the Rheingau area belonged to theElectorate of Mainz and was then merged into the newDuchy of Nassau.
The Untertaunus region was part of the Earldom ofKatzenelnbogen. From 1816 onward, the whole area of the district became part of the Duchy of Nassau. After the 1866Austro-Prussian war, Nassau was annexed byPrussia and formed the new province ofHesse-Nassau.
In 1867, the province was divided into districts. Therefore, the districts of Rheingau and Untertaunus were created.
After the Second World War and the creation ofHesse in 1946, these two districts remained unchanged. Only in 1977, because administrative borders were redrawn, the districts of Rheingau and Untertaunus merged and thus formed the Rheingau-Taunus district.
The district covers the western part of theTaunus mountains. TheriverRhine forms the district's border in the south.
Recent district elections had the following results:[2]
| Parties and voter communities | % 2016 | Seats 2016 | % 2011 | Seats 2011 | % 2006 | Seats 2006 | % 2001 | Seats 2001 | |
| CDU | Christian Democratic Union | 35.3 | 21 | 35.8 | 22 | 39.8 | 24 | 39.1 | 28 |
| SPD | Social Democratic Party | 24.1 | 15 | 30.8 | 19 | 33.6 | 20 | 37.2 | 26 |
| GRÜNE | Alliance 90/The Greens | 11.2 | 7 | 18.9 | 12 | 10.3 | 6 | 10.0 | 7 |
| FDP | Free Democratic Party | 6.8 | 4 | 5.0 | 3 | 6.1 | 4 | 6.5 | 5 |
| DIE LINKE | The Left | 3.2 | 2 | 2.3 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| FWG | Freie Wähler Gemeinschaft Rheingau-Taunus (Independent Voters Community) | 6.0 | 4 | 7.2 | 4 | 7.5 | 5 | 4.5 | 3 |
| REP | The Republicans | — | — | — | — | 2.7 | 2 | 2.7 | 2 |
| AFD | Alternative for Germany | 13.4 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 100.0 | 61 | 100.0 | 61 | 100.0 | 61 | 100.0 | 71 | |
| Voter turnout % | 53.2 | 51.4 | 50.0 | 55.6 | |||||
The coat of arms combines the coat of arms of the two former districts - in the bottom right theMainz wheel taken from the Rheingau district, in the top left the lion ofNassau from the former Untertaunuskreis.
Media related toRheingau-Taunus-Kreis at Wikimedia Commons
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