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Neuwied (district)

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Neuwied
Map of Rhineland-Palatinate highlighting the district of Neuwied
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District seat	Neuwied
Area	626.80 km²
Population	185,004 (2001)
Pop. density	295 /km²
Licence plate code	NR
Web page	http://www.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.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Coat of arms
4 Towns and municipalities
5 External links

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.

The districts landscape covers the Westerwald mountains, east of the Rhine river valley. The Rhine forms the western boundary of the district.

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.

Verband-free town: Neuwied

Verbandsgemeinden
1. Asbach Asbach¹ Buchholz Neustadt (Wied) Windhagen 2. Bad Hönningen Bad Hönningen^{1, 2} Hammerstein Leutesdorf Rheinbrohl 3. Dierdorf Dierdorf^{1, 2} Großmaischeid Isenburg Kleinmaischeid Marienhausen Stebach 4. Linz am Rhein Dattenberg Kasbach-Ohlenberg Leubsdorf Linz am Rhein^{1, 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 Unkel^{1, 2} 8. Waldbreitbach Breitscheid Datzeroth Hausen (Wied) Niederbreitbach Roßbach Waldbreitbach¹
¹seat of the Verbandsgemeinde; ²town

Verbandsgemeinden