Neuwied travel guide

Neuwied (nɔʏˈviːt) is a town in the north of the German state Rhineland-Palatinate, capital of the district of Neuwied. Neuwied lies on the right bank of the Rhine, 12 km northwest of Koblenz, on the railway from Frankfurt am Main to Cologne. The town is aligned in 13 suburbs: Heimbach-Weis, Gladbach, Engers, Oberbieber, Niederbieber, Torney, Segendorf, Altwied, Block, Irlich, Feldkirchen, Heddesdorf, Rodenbach. The largest suburb is Heimbach-Weis with approximatedly 8000 inhabitants.
Neuwied was founded by Count Frederick of Wied in 1653, near the village of Langendorf, which was destroyed during the Thirty Years' War, and it rapidly increased owing to the toleration accorded to all religious sects. Among those who sought refuge here was a colony of Moravian Brethren.
Near Neuwied one of the largest Roman castra on the Rhine has been excavated.
In April 1797 the French, under General Louis Lazare Hoche, defeated the Austrians near Neuwied, this being their first decisive success in the French Revolutionary Wars. Neuwied was the birth town of William of Wied who briefly held the title King of Albania in 1914. (...) more....