Neuwied

Statistics
State:	Rhineland-Palatinate
Capital:	Neuwied
Area:	626.80 km²
Inhabitants:	185,004 (2001)
pop. density:	295 inh./km²
Car identification:	NR
Homepage:	http://www.kreis-neuwied.de
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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. Germany is a federation of 16 states called Länder (singular Land) or unofficially Bundesländer (singular Bundesland, German federal state). ... The Rhenish Palatinate (Rheinpfalz, sometimes Lower Palatinate or Niederpfalz) occupies rather more than a quarter of the German Bundesland (federal state) of Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz) and contains the towns of Ludwigshafen, Kaiserslautern, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Pirmasens, Landau and Speyer. ... Missing image Map of Germany showing Neuwied Neuwied is a town in the Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany, lies on the right bank of the Rhine, 8 miles below Coblenz, on the railway from Frankfurt am Main to Cologne. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Population density can be used as a measurement of any tangible item. ... Map of Rhineland Palatinate highlighting the Neuwied district Based on the templates at Wikipedia:WikiProject German districts/Maptemplates File links The following pages link to this file: Neuwied (district) Categories: GFDL images ... The Rhenish Palatinate (Rheinpfalz, sometimes Lower Palatinate or Niederpfalz) occupies rather more than a quarter of the German Bundesland (federal state) of Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz) and contains the towns of Ludwigshafen, Kaiserslautern, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Pirmasens, Landau and Speyer. ... The Rhein-Sieg-Kreis is a Kreis (district) in the south of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ... Categories: Districts of Rhineland-Palatinate ... The Westerwaldkreis is a district (Kreis) in the east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. ... Mayen-Koblenz is a district (Kreis) in the north of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. ... Categories: Districts of Rhineland-Palatinate ...

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. 1816 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The coat of arms of the Kingdom of Prussia, 1701-1918 The word Prussia (German: Preußen or Preussen, Polish: Prusy, Lithuanian: Prūsai, Latin: Borussia) has had various (often contradictory) meanings: The land of the Baltic Prussians (in what is now parts of southern Lithuania, the Kaliningrad exclave of Russia and... 1822 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

The district has partnership with the Polish district Namyslov in the Opole Voivodship, officially since 2000, however the first contacts date back to 1998. Opole voivodship since 1999 1) Opole Voivodship (since 1999) or Opole Silesia (Polish: województwo opolskie, Śląsk Opolski) is an administrative and local government region created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Opole (2) and parts of Czestochowa voivodships as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

Geography

The districts landscape covers the Westerwald mountains, east of the Rhine river valley. The Rhine forms the western boundary of the district. The Westerwald is a mountain chain in Germany. ... The Rhine canyon (Ruinaulta) in Graubünden in Switzerland Length 1,320 km Elevation of the source Vorderrhein: approx. ...

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.

Coat of arms of the Neuwied district This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Map of Germany showing Cologne Cologne skyline at night. ... Trier: The Porta Nigra, viewed from outside Trier (French: Trèves), is Germanys oldest city. ... Peacock re-directs here; for alternate uses see Peacock (disambiguation). ...

Towns and municipalities

A Verbandsgemeinde (plural Verbandsgemeinden) is an administrative unit unique to the German Bundesland (federal state) of Rhineland-Palatinate. ... Missing image Map of Germany showing Neuwied Neuwied is a town in the Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany, lies on the right bank of the Rhine, 8 miles below Coblenz, on the railway from Frankfurt am Main to Cologne. ... There are communes and places that have the name Asbach: Asbach (Hunsrück), in the Birkenfeld district, Rhineland-Palatinate Asbach (Westerwald), in the Neuwied district, Rhineland-Palatinate Asbach-Bäumenheim, in the Eichsfeld district, Thudingia Asbach-Sickenberg, in the Donau_Ries district, Bavaria A locality in Schmalkalden district, Thuringia And Asbach (wine) This...

External links

• Official website (http://www.kreis-neuwied.de) (German)