| Breitscheid | |
| Image Coa: | DEU Breitscheid (Hunsrück) COA.svg |
| Coordinates: | 50.0569°N 7.7081°W |
| Image Plan: | Breitscheid in MZ.svg |
| State: | Rheinland-Pfalz |
| District: | Mainz-Bingen |
| Verbandsgemeinde: | Rhein-Nahe |
| Elevation: | 360 |
| Area: | 5.29 |
| Postal Code: | 55422 |
| Area Code: | 06743 |
| Licence: | MZ |
| Gemeindeschlüssel: | 07 3 39 007 |
| Mayor: | Marcel Rüdesheim[1] |
| Leader Term: | 2019 - 24 |
Breitscheid is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Breitscheid lies in the Hunsrück between Koblenz and Bad Kreuznach. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Rhein-Nahe, whose seat is in Bingen am Rhein, although that town is not within its bounds. The placename comes from the Middle High German breit and -scheid: “wooded ridge”.
The council is made up of 5 council members who were elected by majority vote in a municipal election held on 2 March 2008.
The municipality's arms might be described thus: Per pale argent a cross sable and gules in chief sinister a mullet of six, and in base a mound royal ensigned with a cross crosslet Or.
Autobahn A 61 can be reached after a drive of roughly 10 km.