Neuwied: Herrnhuter Settlement, Rhine Promenade, and the Tolerant Town of Count Wied
Neuwied has a population around 67,000 and sits on the right bank of the Rhine in Rheinland-Pfalz, about 12 kilometres downstream from Koblenz. Count Friedrich III of Wied founded the town in 1653 and declared it open to all religions, attracting Moravians (Herrnhuter Bruedergemeine), Mennonites, Jews, and Catholics. The Moravian settlement is one of the few in Germany. The Deichstadt (dyke town) earned its nickname from the Rhine embankment protecting it from floods.
Schloss Wied overlooks the town and still belongs to the Wied family. The Raiffeisenbruecke crosses the Rhine near the spot where Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen, the cooperative movement pioneer, worked as a mayor in the region. Leutesdorf across the river produces wine on the northernmost vineyards of the Mittelrhein. The Zoo Neuwied, the largest zoo in Rheinland-Pfalz, keeps over 1,800 animals on a hillside above the town. Adult companionship follows Rheinland-Pfalz's regulatory approach.
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Neuwied has a population around 67,000 and sits on the right bank of the Rhine in Rheinland-Pfalz, about 12 kilometres downstream from Koblenz. Count Friedrich III of Wied founded the town in 1653 and declared it open to all religions, attracting Moravians (Herrnhuter Bruedergemeine), Mennonites, Jews, and Catholics. The Moravian settlement is one of the few in Germany. The Deichstadt (dyke town) earned its nickname from the Rhine embankment protecting it from floods.
Schloss Wied overlooks the town and still belongs to the Wied family. The Raiffeisenbruecke crosses the Rhine near the spot where Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen, the cooperative movement pioneer, worked as a mayor in the region. Leutesdorf across the river produces wine on the northernmost vineyards of the Mittelrhein. The Zoo Neuwied, the largest zoo in Rheinland-Pfalz, keeps over 1,800 animals on a hillside above the town. Adult companionship follows Rheinland-Pfalz's regulatory approach.
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