KIRN

Kirn is a town in the district of Bad Kreuznach, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the river Nahe, roughly 10 km north-east of Idar-Oberstein and 30 km west of Bad Kreuznach.

Before the French occupation in the early 1790s Kirn was residence of the Wild- und Rheingrafen of Salm-Kyrburg. Its population is c. 8,600 (including two suburbs, Kirn-Sulzbach and -Kallenfels).