Hundsbach

Hundsbach
Coat of arms
Hundsbach
Location of Hundsbach within Bad Kreuznach district
Coordinates: 49°43′33″N 7°33′22″E / 49.72583°N 7.55611°E / 49.72583; 7.55611Coordinates: 49°43′33″N 7°33′22″E / 49.72583°N 7.55611°E / 49.72583; 7.55611
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Bad Kreuznach
Municipal assoc.	Meisenheim
Government
• Mayor	Joachim Blum
Area
• Total	7.48 km2 (2.89 sq mi)
Elevation	345 m (1,132 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	386
• Density	52/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	55621
Dialling codes	06757
Vehicle registration	KH
Website	www.meisenheim.de/vg_meisenheim/

Hundsbach 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 Meisenheim, whose seat is in the like-named town.

Hundsbach is a clump village that lies in the North Palatine Uplands. Its typical historical appearance as a rural village has been preserved.

Clockwise from the north, Hundsbach’s neighbours are the municipalities of Kirschroth, Bärweiler, Lauschied, Jeckenbach, Schweinschied and Limbach, all of which likewise lie within the Bad Kreuznach district.

Also belonging to Hundsbach are the outlying homesteads of Forsthaus Hundsbach and Lochmühle.

Yearly precipitation in Hundsbach amounts to 590 mm, which is very low, falling into the lowest fourth of the precipitation chart for all Germany. Only at 19% of the German Weather Service’s weather stations are even lower figures recorded. The driest month is February. The most rainfall comes in May. In that month, precipitation is 1.6 times what it is in February. Precipitation varies only slightly and is spread quite evenly over the year. At only 1% of the weather stations are lower seasonal swings recorded.