Neuwied (district)

Neuwied
—  District  —
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
Capital	Neuwied
Area
- Total	626.80 km2 (242 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2010)[1]
- Total	180,995
- Density	288.8/km2 (747.9/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration	NR
Website	kreis-neuwied.de

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.

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

References

1. ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden am 31.12.2010" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 31 December 2010. http://www.statistik.rlp.de/fileadmin/dokumente/berichte/A1033_201022_hj_G.pdf. 

External links

• Official website (German)

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