Hargesheim

Hargesheim 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. Hargesheim is a state-recognized tourism community.

Geography

Location

Hargesheim lies on the Gräfenbach in a side valley of the Nahe. Lying 5 km away is the district seat of Bad Kreuznach. Hargesheim thus lies on the boundary between Rhenish Hesse and the Hunsrück. A great part of the municipality’s area is built up (48 ha), whereas only a small part is used for forestry. The rest is used for either agriculture or winegrowing.

Neighbouring municipalities

Clockwise from the north, Hargesheim’s neighbours are Guldental, Bad Kreuznach, Roxheim and Gutenberg, all of which likewise lie within the Bad Kreuznach district.

Constituent communities

Also belonging to Hargesheim is the outlying homestead of Baumdicker Mühle.