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unusual facts about Wied-Neuwied


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.


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.

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.

Breite Heide

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

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.

Catherine of Hanau, Countess of Wied

# William (d. 1612), succeeded his father in 1581 in Runkel and Dierdorf, the so-called "Upper County of Wied"; married Countess Johanna Sibylla of Hanau-Lichtenberg

Doppelkirche Schwarzrheindorf

Adjacent to the church, archaeological finds indicate that the chapel was once part of a castle belonging to the Wied family.

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.

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.

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.

Gustav Wied

The fifth of the eleven children of Carl August Wied and Catha Wied, Gustav was born in Branderslev near Nakskov.

Hallerbach

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

Helianthus maximiliani

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

Herzburg

The River Wied flows around this hilltop which is strategically located between the old "Cologne-Frankfurt Road" (now the B 8) and the old Cologne-Leipzig road (now the B 414).

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).

Ħajt il-Wied

Wied Mazza (Mazza Valley), separate Żejtun from the localities of Żabbar and Marsaskala.

In this area there are many medieval building that goes to the Norman period.

Isenburg

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

Isenburg-Kempenich

Isenburg-Kempenich emerged around the Lordship of Kempenich, which was first mentioned in 1093 as being ruled by Richwin of Wied.

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.

Johanna Sibylla of Hanau-Lichtenberg

William succeeded his father in 1581 as Count of Upper Wied (Runkel and Dierdorf) and in the rest of Wied in 1595.

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.

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.

Peter A. Van Bergen

Peter A. Van Bergen's great-great-great-great-granddaughter Marie Princess of Wied (b. 1973) married Duke Friedrich of Württemberg, the heir apparent to the Pretender to the Throne of the Kingdom of Württemberg.

Princess of Wied

Elisabeth of Wied, Pauline Elisabeth Ottilie Luise zu Wied (1843–1916); Queen Consort of King Carol I of Romania, widely known by her literary name of Carmen Sylva

Principality of Orange-Nassau

In addition, the following mediatised areas were added under his sovereignty: the Herrlichkeit Westerburg, the Herrlichkeit Schadeck, and that part of the county Wied-Runkel that lay on the right bank of the river Lahn.

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.

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.

Steinebach an der Wied

Steinebach an der Wied is linked to the long-distance road network by Bundesstraße 8, which also links the community with the middle centres of Hachenburg and Altenkirchen.

Steinshardt

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

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).

Thekla Carola Wied

Thekla Carola Wied (b. Thekla Wiedmann 5 February 1944 in Breslau, Germany) is a German actress educated in West Berlin at the Evangelisches Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster.

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.

Um El Faroud

The wreck sits upright on the sandy seabed southwest of Wied iz-Zurrieq near Qrendi.

Vierwinden

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

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.

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).

Żurrieq

Żurrieq is also well known for the belvedere that overlooks the Blue Grotto that can be found seaward end of the Wied Babu.


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