Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Neuwied

NEUWIED (noi-wīd), a town of Germany, on the right bank of the Rhine, 8 miles below Coblenz; formerly capital of the principality of Wied. The castle of the princes has a beautiful garden, in which are many Roman antiquities unearthed in the vicinity. The town contains an important institute of the Moravian Brethren, and there are some minor manufactures. Pop. about 20,000.