Gemünden, Rhein-Hunsrück

Gemünden
Coat of arms
Gemünden
Location of Gemünden within Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district
Coordinates: 49°53′40″N 7°28′39″E / 49.89444°N 7.47750°E / 49.89444; 7.47750Coordinates: 49°53′40″N 7°28′39″E / 49.89444°N 7.47750°E / 49.89444; 7.47750
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
Municipal assoc.	Kirchberg
Government
• Mayor	Dieter Kaiser
Area
• Total	10.67 km2 (4.12 sq mi)
Elevation	300 m (1,000 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	1,260
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	55490
Dialling codes	06765
Vehicle registration	SIM
Website	www.gemuenden.de

Gemünden is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Kirchberg, whose seat is in the like-named town.

The municipality lies at the southwest edge of the Soonwald, a heavily wooded section of the west-central Hunsrück. The village is found between Kirchberg to the northwest and Simmertal to the southeast. In Gemünden, the Lametbach empties into the Simmerbach, whereupon the combined stream is known down to its mouth into the river Nahe as the Kellenbach.

The outlying centre of Panzweiler is part of Gemünden.

In 1304, Gemünden had its first documentary mention. This holding of the Counts of Sponheim was granted town rights along with its trappings, namely fortifications, a court and a market. Beginning in 1794, Gemünden lay under French rule. In 1815 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

The council is made up of 16 council members, who were elected by proportional representation at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.