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Neuwied District

Neuwied (German pronunciation: [nɔʏˈviːt] ) is a district (Kreis) in the north of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Rhein-Sieg, Altenkirchen, Westerwaldkreis, Mayen-Koblenz, Ahrweiler.

History

The district was created in 1816 when the area became part of the Prussian Rhine province. In 1822 the district Linz was merged into the district.

The district has a partnership with the Polish county Namysłów in Opole Voivodeship; first contacts date to 1998 and the partnership became official in 2000.

Geography

The districts landscape covers the Westerwald mountains, east of the Rhine river valley. The Rhine forms the western boundary of the district.

Coat of arms

The crosses in the top represent the two clerical states which owned part of the district - the black cross of Cologne in the left, the red cross of Trier in the right. The peacock in the bottom is taken from the coat of arms of the Counts of Wied.

Towns and municipalities

NeuwiedBuchholzAsbachWindhagenNeustadt (Wied)RheinbreitbachUnkelBruchhausenErpelVettelschoßLinz am RheinKasbach-OhlenbergOckenfelsSankt KatharinenDattenbergLeubsdorfBad HönningenRheinbrohlHammersteinLeutesdorfIsenburgKleinmaischeidGroßmaischeidStebachMarienhausenDierdorfOberdreisWoldertRodenbach bei PuderbachRatzertNiederwambachSteimelDöttesfeldPuderbachDürrholzHanrothRaubachHarschbachNiederhofenDernbachUrbachLinkenbachBreitscheidWaldbreitbachRoßbachHausenDatzerothNiederbreitbachHümmerichOberhonnefeld-GierendOberradenStraßenhausKurtscheidBonefeldEhlscheidRengsdorfMelsbachHardertAnhausenRüscheidThalhausenMeinbornMarienhausenNorth Rhine-WestphaliaAltenkirchen (district)Ahrweiler (district)Mayen-KoblenzKoblenzWesterwaldkreis
Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district

Verband-free town: Neuwied

Verbandsgemeinden
  1. Asbach
  2. Buchholz
  3. Neustadt (Wied)
  4. Windhagen
  1. Bad Hönningen
  2. Hammerstein
  3. Leutesdorf
  4. Rheinbrohl
  1. Dierdorf
  2. Großmaischeid
  3. Isenburg
  4. Kleinmaischeid
  5. Marienhausen
  6. Stebach
  1. Dattenberg
  2. Kasbach-Ohlenberg
  3. Leubsdorf
  4. Linz am Rhein
  5. Ockenfels
  6. Sankt Katharinen
  7. Vettelschoß
  1. Dernbach
  2. Döttesfeld
  3. Dürrholz
  4. Hanroth
  5. Harschbach
  6. Linkenbach
  7. Niederhofen
  8. Niederwambach
  9. Oberdreis
  10. Puderbach
  11. Ratzert
  12. Raubach
  13. Rodenbach bei Puderbach
  14. Steimel
  15. Urbach
  16. Woldert
  1. Anhausen
  2. Bonefeld
  3. Breitscheid
  4. Datzeroth
  5. Ehlscheid
  6. Hardert
  7. Hausen (Wied)
  8. Hümmerich
  9. Kurtscheid
  10. Meinborn
  11. Melsbach
  12. Niederbreitbach
  13. Oberhonnefeld-Gierend
  14. Oberraden
  15. Rengsdorf
  16. Roßbach
  17. Rüscheid
  18. Straßenhaus
  19. Thalhausen
  20. Waldbreitbach
  1. Bruchhausen
  2. Erpel
  3. Rheinbreitbach
  4. Unkel
seat of the Verbandsgemeinde; town

References

  1. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.

50°30′N 7°30′E / 50.5°N 7.5°E / 50.5; 7.5