NEUWIED (DISTRICT)

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

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History

Geography

Coat of arms

Towns and municipalities

External links

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 partnership with the Polish county Namysłów in the Opole Voivodeship, officially since 2000, however the first contacts date back to 1998.

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

''Verband''-free town: Neuwied

Verbandsgemeinden
★ '1. Asbach'# Asbach1# Buchholz # Neustadt (Wied) # Windhagen ★ '2. Bad Hönningen'# Bad Hönningen1, 2# Hammerstein # Leutesdorf # Rheinbrohl ★ '3. Dierdorf'# Dierdorf1, 2 # Großmaischeid # Isenburg # Kleinmaischeid # Marienhausen # Stebach ★ '4. Linz am Rhein'# Dattenberg # Kasbach-Ohlenberg # Leubsdorf # Linz am Rhein1, 2# Ockenfels # Sankt Katharinen # Vettelschoß	★ '5. Puderbach'# Dernbach # Döttesfeld # Dürrholz # Hanroth # Harschbach # Linkenbach # Niederhofen # Niederwambach # Oberdreis# Puderbach1# Ratzert # Raubach # Rodenbach bei Puderbach # Steimel # Urbach # Woldert ★ '6. Rengsdorf'# Anhausen # Bonefeld # Ehlscheid # Hardert # Hümmerich # Kurtscheid # Meinborn # Melsbach # Oberhonnefeld-Gierend # Oberraden # Rengsdorf1# Rüscheid # Straßenhaus # Thalhausen	★ '7. Unkel'# Bruchhausen # Erpel# Rheinbreitbach # Unkel1, 2 ★ '8. Waldbreitbach'# Breitscheid # Datzeroth # Hausen (Wied) # Niederbreitbach # Roßbach # Waldbreitbach1
1seat of the Verbandsgemeinde; 2town

External links

★ Official website (German)