Sankt Goar

Sankt Goar
View of St. Goar (in top half of picture) from Patersberg
View of St. Goar (in top half of picture) from Patersberg
Coat of arms of Sankt Goar
Location of Sankt Goar within Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district
Sankt Goar is located in Germany
Sankt Goar
Sankt Goar
Sankt Goar is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Sankt Goar
Sankt Goar
Coordinates: 50°9′N 7°43′E / 50.150°N 7.717°E / 50.150; 7.717
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictRhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
Municipal assoc.Hunsrück-Mittelrhein
Subdivisions4
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Falko Hönisch[1] (SPD)
Area
 • Total22.93 km2 (8.85 sq mi)
Elevation
74 m (243 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total2,928
 • Density130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
56329
Dialling codes06741
Vehicle registrationSIM, GOA
Websitewww.st-goar.de

Sankt Goar 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.

  1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 4 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.