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NEUWEILER
, a See also:town of See also:Germany, in the imperial See also:province of See also:Alsace-See also:Lorraine, situated under the See also:Vosges Mountains, 6 m
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N. from See also:Zabern by the railway to See also:Rastatt
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Pop
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(1905) 1go6
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It is an interesting See also:medieval town, still surrounded by walls
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The Romanesque Evangelical See also: The See also:principal edifice is the See also:chateau of the princes of Wied . This is situated in a See also:fine See also:park, and contains a collection of Roman antiquities . The town has an Evangelical and a Roman Catholic church . Its See also:chief products are See also:starch, See also:sugar, See also:tobacco, cigars, See also:chicory, buttons and enamelled goods . There are large See also:rolling-See also:mills, and in the vicinity are several large See also:iron-foundries . The See also:schools of Neuwied enjoy a high reputation . Neuwied was founded by See also:Count See also:Frederick of Wied in 1602, on the site of the See also:village of Langendorf, which was destroyed during the See also:Thirty Years' See also:War, and it rapidly increased owing to the See also:toleration accorded to all religious sects . Among those who sought See also:refuge here was a See also:colony of Moravian Brethren; they still occupy a See also:separate See also:quarter of the town, where they carry on manufactures of See also:porcelain stoves and deerskin gloves.' Near Neuwied one of the largest Roman castra on the Rhine has been excavated . In See also:April 1797 the See also:French, under See also:General See also:Hoche, defeated the Austrians near Neuwied, this being their first decisive success in the revolutionary See also:wars . Legenhaus, in the See also:neighbour-See also:hood, is one of the residences of the princes of Weid . See Wirtgen and Blenke, Neuwied and See also:seine Umgebung (Neuwied, 1901) . |
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