Sankt Goar

Sankt Goar
Town
View of St. Goar (in top half of picture) from Patersberg
Coat of arms
Location of Sankt Goar within Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district
Sankt Goar Show map of Germany Sankt Goar Show map of Rhineland-Palatinate
Coordinates: 50°9′N 7°43′E / 50.150°N 7.717°E / 50.150; 7.717
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
Municipal assoc.	Hunsrück-Mittelrhein
Subdivisions	4
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Falko Hönisch[1] (SPD)
Area
• Total	22.93 km2 (8.85 sq mi)
Elevation	74 m (243 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	2,928
• Density	130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	56329
Dialling codes	06741
Vehicle registration	SIM, GOA
Website	www.st-goar.de

Sankt Goar (German pronunciation: [ˌsaŋktˈɡoː.aʁ]) is a town on the west bank of the Middle Rhine in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Hunsrück-Mittelrhein, whose seat is in Emmelshausen.

Sankt Goar is well known for its central location in the Rhine Gorge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since July 2002. Above the town stand the ruins of Burg Rheinfels, one of the castles for which the Middle Rhine is famous, and across the river lies the sister town of Sankt Goarshausen with its own castles, Katz and Maus (“Cat” and “Mouse”). The famous Lorelei rock is close by, slightly upstream on the opposite bank.