Neuwied (deu)

Neuwied

Neuwied ranks 1,081st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Stamford, Connecticut, Baden-Baden, and Leytonstone. Memorable people born in Neuwied include Elisabeth of Wied, Wied, Prince of Albania, and William, Prince of Wied. Memorable people who died in Neuwied include Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen, William, Prince of Wied, and Princess Marie of the Netherlands. Neuwied has been the birth place of many politicians, and writers and the death place of many politicians, and noblemen. Neuwied is located in Germany.

Neuwied is a town in the north of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, capital of the District of Neuwied. Neuwied lies on the east bank of the Rhine, 12 km northwest of Koblenz, on the railway from Frankfurt am Main to Cologne. The town has 13 suburban administrative districts: Heimbach-Weis, Gladbach, Engers, Oberbieber, Niederbieber, Torney, Segendorf, Altwied, Block, Irlich, Feldkirchen, Heddesdorf and Rodenbach. The largest is Heimbach-Weis, with approximately 8000 inhabitants. Read more on Wikipedia