Wied, Rhineland-Palatinate

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Name = Wied
image_photo =
Wappen = Wappen von Wied.pnglat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 38 |lat_sec = 21
lon_deg = 7 |lon_min = 45 |lon_sec = 26
Lageplan = Wied im Westerwaldkreis.pngBundesland = Rheinland-Pfalz
Landkreis = Westerwaldkreis
Verbandsgemeinde = Hachenburg
Höhe = 305
Fläche = 4.69
Einwohner = 502
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 57629
Vorwahl = 02662
Kfz = WW
Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 43 310
Adresse-Verband = Gartenstraße 11
57627 Hachenburg
Website = [http://www.ww-wied.de/ www.ww-wied.de]
Bürgermeister = Gabriele Hachenberg

Wied is an "Ortsgemeinde" – a community belonging to a "Verbandsgemeinde" – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

Location

The community lies in the Westerwald between Limburg and Siegen in the Wied valley. Through the community flows the Wied. Wied belongs to the "Verbandsgemeinde" of Hachenburg, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate. Its seat is in the like-named town.

History

In 1461, Wied had its first documentary mention. Originally, Wied was called "Wiede", which meant something like “grazing land” ("Weide" in modern German).

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 13 council members, including the honorary mayor ("Bürgermeister"), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

The community lies right on "Bundesstraße" 413, leading from Bendorf (near Koblenz) to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are in Dierdorf and Neuwied on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 20 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

External links

* [http://www.ww-wied.de/ Wied] de icon
* [http://www.hachenburg-vg.de/08_gemeinden/wied/index.html Wied in the collective municipality’s Web pages] de icon