What to See in Neuwied - Top Sights and Attractions

Zoo in Neuwied, Germany. The Neuwied Zoo is a zoo located on the edge of the town of Neuwied, Rhineland-Palatinate. It borders the Rhine-Westerwald Nature Park. In 2007, the zoo had over 270,000 visitors.^[1]

Museum in Neuwied, Germany. Monrepos is an archaeological research centre and a museum for the human behavioural evolution located at Schloss Monrepos in Neuwied. On the one hand, the development of our modern human behaviour in the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic is studied at the research centre and on the other hand, the findings of these studies are conveyed to the public in the museum. Monrepos is one of the leading institutions for the research of early human history.^[2]

Town in Germany. Weißenthurm is a town in the district of Mayen-Koblenz, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the left bank of the Rhine, opposite Neuwied, approximately 12 km northwest of Koblenz.

The town is spelled with an ß which may be replaced by ss if not available (Weissenthurm).

Weißenthurm is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Weißenthurm.^[3]

Museum, Specialty museum

Caesar's bridges across the Rhine, the first two bridges on record to cross the Rhine River, were built by Julius Caesar and his legionaries during the Gallic War in 55 BC and 53 BC. Strategically successful, they are also considered masterpieces of military engineering.^[4]

Neuwied Castle is the former residence castle of the counts and princes of Wied in Neuwied, a district town in northern Rhineland-Palatinate. Until 1806, the castle was the seat of government of the Principality of Wied. The castle is located in the northern part of Neuwied's city center, in the immediate vicinity of the banks of the Rhine and south of the mouth of the Wied River into the Rhine.

Neuwied Castle is a protected cultural asset under the Hague Convention.

Church

City hall