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Neuwied
Coat of arms	Location
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Neuwied
Town subdivisions	13 Stadtteile
Lord Mayor	Nikolaus Roth (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area	86.50 km² (33.4 sq mi)
Elevation	60 m  (197 ft)
Population	65,750  (31/12/2006)
- Density	760 /km² (1,969 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	NR
Postal codes	56501–56567
Area codes	02631 und 02622
Website	www.neuwied.de Coordinates: 50°25′43″N 7°27′41″E / 50.42861, 7.46139

Neuwied (IPA: [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.

Since the inner city of Neuwied is situated upon a former bed of the river Rhine, it is highly endangered by highwater. Moreover it is one of very few towns in the region protected by huge walls against the highwaters, of course to the dislike of neighbouring communities downstream.

Twinned with the London Borough of Bromley.

In June 2004 the municipal parliament was elected leading to the following distribution of seats: CDU (22), SPD (17), FWG (4), Grüne (3), FDP (2). The mayor of Neuwied is the socialdemocrat Nicolaus Roth.

Originally there were only a few thousand people living in Neuwied with the number not growing significantly because of numerous wars and famine. With the beginning of the industrialization in the 19th century the number of inhabitants increased from 5,600 in 1831 to 18,000 in 1905.

Until 1970 the figure had grown to 31,400 and due to a major reallignment incorporating several communities to the town, it instantly jumped to 63,000.

As of June 30, 2005 there were officially 66,455 people living in Neuwied.

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