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10 unusual facts about Neuwied


Bonn-Oberkassel station

The station was opened on 11 July 1870 in the course of extending the East Rhine line from Neuwied to Oberkassel and at the same time as the establishment of the Bonn–Oberkassel train ferry.

Cabanne's Trading Post

Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied, who toured the Louisiana Purchase extensively, visited the Post in 1823 and wrote highly of it, praising Cabanné and the accommodations.

Corcilius

Corcilius (also Corzilius, Corzillius and variants) is a German surname recorded from the 18th century in the German Rhineland, more specifically in the county of Wied-Neuwied.

Fort Clark Trading Post State Historic Site

George Catlin, Karl Bodmer, and the German Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied all visited the site and stayed the winter of 1832-1833.

Helianthus maximiliani

This sunflower is named for Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied, who encountered it on his travels in North America.

Horst Siebert

A native of Neuwied, Rhineland-Palatinate, Siebert studied economics at the University of Cologne (1959–1963), while also studying, and undertaking research in, economics at Wesleyan University (1960–1961).

Jean Baptiste Kléber

On 13 October 1795 he fought a brilliant rearguard action at the bridge of Neuwied, and in the offensive campaign of 1796 he served as Jourdan's most active and successful lieutenant.

Sir Francis Evans, 1st Baronet

He was educated at the Moravian School in Neuwied in the Rhineland-Palatinate on the banks of the River Rhine and then at Manchester New College, London.

SV Roßbach/Verscheid

SV Roßbach/Verscheid is a German association football club based in Roßbach/Wied, Rhineland-Palatinate that currently plays in the Oberliga Südwest (IV).

White Buffalo Cow Society

Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied observed the society firsthand, and during his travels, every Mandan village has a White Buffalo Cow Society.


Battle of Amberg

After a series of minor victories at Neuwied, Giessen, and Friedberg in der Wetterau in early July, the French pressed Wartensleben back to Frankfurt am Main.

Breite Heide

Breite Heide is a locality in the municipality Rheinbreitbach in the district of Neuwied in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Eltville station

Track 1 is used by trains towards Wiesbaden and Frankfurt and track 2 is used by services towards Rudesheim, Kaub, Koblenz and Neuwied.

Engers station

Engers station is a through station and a former railway junction in the district of Engers in the town of Neuwied in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers

He took part in the 1795-1796 campaign with the armies of the Sambre and Meuse, fighting on the Rhine and the Lahn and distinguishing himself alongside Kléber near Neuwied and Sulzbach.

Ginsterhahn

Ginsterhahn is a locality in the municipality Sankt Katharinen in the district of Neuwied in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Günterscheid

Günterscheid is a locality in the municipality Windhagen in the district of Neuwied in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Hallerbach

Hallerbach is a locality in the municipality Windhagen in the district of Neuwied in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Isenburg

Isenburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, municipality in the district of Neuwied, Germany

Köhlershohn

Köhlershohn is a locality in the municipality Windhagen in the district of Neuwied in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Michael Hesemann

"Kornkreise: die Geschichte eines Phänomens" (Crop circles: the history of a phenomenon), Neuwied 1996, ISBN 978-3931652043

Neuwied–Koblenz railway

This runs hourly between Cologne Hauptbahnhof and Koblenz Hauptbahnhof, some starting at Rommerskirchen station or Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof, and leaves the Right Rhine line at Neuwied station.

Niederwindhagen

Niederwindhagen is a locality in the municipality Windhagen in the district of Neuwied in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Notscheid

Notscheid is a locality in the municipality Sankt Katharinen in the district of Neuwied in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Oberwindhagen

Oberwindhagen is a locality in the municipality Windhagen in the district of Neuwied in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Rederscheid

Rederscheid is a village in the municipality of Windhagen in the district of Neuwied, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Schweifeld

Schweifeld is a locality in the municipality Windhagen in the district of Neuwied in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Steinshardt

Steinshardt is a locality in the municipality Sankt Katharinen in the district of Neuwied in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Troisdorf station

Troisdorf station is a railway junction in the town of Troisdorf in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, where the line from Cologne separates into the East Rhine Railway to Neuwied and the Sieg Railway to Siegen.

Vierwinden

Vierwinden is a locality in the municipality Windhagen in the district of Neuwied in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

William, Duke of Nassau

Princess Marie Wilhelmine Friederike Elisabeth of Nassau-Weilburg (Biebrich, 29 January 1825 - Neuwied, 24 March 1902), married in Biebrich on 20 June 1842 Hermann, Prince of Wied (Neuwied, 22 May 1814 - Neuwied, 5 March 1864).