NEUWIED, a town of Prussia, government of Coblenz, on the right bank of the Rhine, here crossed by a suspension-bridge, 7 miles N.N.W. of Coblenz. It is regularly built, in the form of a square; and the streets, which are broad and straight, intersect one another at right angles. At the west end, near the Rhine, stands the palace of the Prince of Wied, a fine building surrounded by gardens, and containing an extensive library and collections of Roman antiquities and of natural history; the latter of which was made by Prince Maximilian of Wied in North America and Brazil. Neuwied has one Roman Catholic and three Protestant churches, a synagogue, several schools, infirmaries, &c. The manufactures of the place are considerable, and consist of silk, cotton, wool, leather, hats, carpets, tobacco, chicory, hardware, beer, brandy, vinegar, &c. A large trade is carried on in manufactured articles, and also in pipe-clay, timber, iron, lead, corn, wine, and other products of the neighbouring country. The town was founded in the first half of the eighteenth century, upon the principle of affording complete toleration to every religious sect; and it rapidly rose to a flourishing condition, being peopled by Protestants, Roman Catholics, Jews, Moravians, &c. The principality
of Wied was for a long time independent, but was annexed to Prussia in 1814. Pop. 6659.