Bärenbach, Bad Kreuznach

Bärenbach 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 Kirn-Land, whose seat is in the town of Kirn, although this lies outside the Verbandsgemeinde.GeographyLocationBärenbach lies on the Großbach, a short way upstream from where it empties into the river Nahe, and 47.1% of the municipal area is wooded.Neighbouring municipalitiesClockwise from the north, Bärenbach’s neighbours are the town of Kirn, the municipality of Heimweiler (both in the Bad Kreuznach district), the town of Idar-Oberstein, the municipality of Fischbach and the municipality of Bergen (all three in the neighbouring Birkenfeld district).