Sankt Katharinen, Bad Kreuznach
Sankt Katharinen (official spelling until 25 November 1936: ''Sankt Catharinen'') is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Rüdesheim, whose seat is in the municipality of Rüdesheim an der Nahe. Geography Location Sankt Katharinen lies in the Naheland at the southern edge of the Gauchswald (forest) and therefore the Hunsrück. Sankt Katharinen sits at an elevation of 217 m above sea level and its municipal area measures 1.70 km². Neighbouring municipalities Clockwise from the north, Sankt Katharinen’s neighbours are the municipalities of Sommerloch, Roxheim, Mandel and Braunweiler, all of which likewise lie within the Bad Kreuznach district. History The village of Sankt Katharinen goes back to the Cistercian monastery of the same name that stood here from the early 13th century until ...
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