Wied, Rhineland-Palatinate

Wied is a municipality in the Westerwald district in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Hachenburg.

Geographical location

The community lies in the Westerwald between Limburg and victories in Wiedtal or on the B 413 between Merkel Bach and Old Town ( Hachenburg ) in the northeast and Höchstenbach in the southwest. The place is surrounded Wied in the east and south by the Hachenburger city forest. Through the town flows the Wied.

Wied, the residential places Krambergsmühle ( Partial ) and windmills include ( Thalmühle ).

History

1461 Wied was first mentioned in a document. Originally called Wied restart, which meant so much as pasture.

The development of the population of the municipality of Wied, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:

Parish council

The local council in Wied consists of eight council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 by majority vote, and the honorary mayor as chairman location. In the previous election period from 2004 to 2009 the council consisted of twelve councilors.

Traffic

• The community is located directly on the main road 413 ( near Koblenz ) leads from Bendorf to Hachenburg.
• The nearest motorway junctions are in Dierdorf and Neuwied on the A 3 ( Cologne - Frankfurt ), about 20 kilometers away.
• The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur the high-speed line Cologne-Rhine/Main.