Loreley is a ''

Verbandsgemeinde A Verbandsgemeinde (; plural Verbandsgemeinden) is a low-level administrative unit in the German federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt. A Verbandsgemeinde is typically composed of a small group of villages or towns. Rhinelan ...

'' ("collective municipality") in the

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, in

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. It was historically part of the

Duchy of Nassau The Duchy of Nassau (German: ''Herzogtum Nassau'') was an independent state between 1806 and 1866, located in what is now the German states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse. It was a member of the Confederation of the Rhine and later of the G ...

, a sovereign state until 1866, and is currently located in the Nassau Nature Park. It is situated on the right bank of the

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, adjacent to the

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and approx. 25 km southeast of Koblenz. Its seat is in Sankt Goarshausen. It was named after the Loreley Rock. On 1 July 2012, it merged with the former ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Braubach. Initially, the new ''Verbandsgemeinde'' was named "Braubach-Loreley", but it was renamed "Loreley" on 1 December 2012. The ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Loreley consists of the following ''Ortsgemeinden'' ("local municipalities"):

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