Wied, Rhineland-Palatinate
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Wied
within Westerwaldkreis district
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| Coordinates: 50°38′21″N 7°45′26″E / 50.63917°N 7.75722°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Hachenburg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Birgit Hopfinger[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.69 km2 (1.81 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 305 m (1,001 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 481 |
| • Density | 100/km2 (270/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 57629 |
| Dialling codes | 02662 |
| Vehicle registration | WW |
| Website | www.ww-wied.de |
Wied (German pronunciation: [viːt] ⓘ) is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
[edit]The community lies in the Westerwald between Limburg and Siegen in the Wied valley. Through the community flows the Wied. Wied belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Hachenburg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.
History
[edit]In 1461, Wied had its first documentary mention. Originally, Wied was called Wiede, which meant something like “grazing land” (Weide in modern German).
Politics
[edit]The municipal council is made up of 13 council members, including the honorary mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.
Economy and infrastructure
[edit]Traffic
[edit]The community lies right on Bundesstraße 413, leading from Bendorf (near Koblenz) to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are in Dierdorf and Neuwied on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 20 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.
Kliniken Wied
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Kliniken Wied (i. e. 'Clinics Wied') is by far the biggest employer of the community. It consists of Haus Mühlental (House Mill valley) in Wied and Haus Sonnenhang (House Sunny slope) in Steimel, both specialised on addiction disorder and psychosomatics. Altogether there are 214 therapy places served by 166 employees. Since 2019 both clinics are part of the Median corporation.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
- ^ Venture Capital Magazin
External links
[edit]- Wied (in German)
- Wied in the collective municipality’s Web pages (in German)
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