Where is Schloss Neuwied located?

It stands in Neuwied, in the Landkreis Neuwied, in Rhineland-Palatinate, directly on the bank of the Rhine.

Who built Schloss Neuwied?

Construction of the residence began around 1706 under Count Friedrich Wilhelm zu Wied, to designs by architect Julius Ludwig Rothweil, and was completed between 1748 and 1756.

Was Schloss Neuwied always the family seat?

No, the counts of Wied had resided for over five centuries at Burg Altwied in the Wied valley before moving their seat to the Rhine.

What can still be seen in the palace park?

The park, reshaped into a landscape garden in the late 18th century, still contains exotic trees and stretches to where the Wied river meets the Rhine.

Schloss Neuwied

Neuwied Castle

Neuwied

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Where: Neuwied

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Schloss Neuwied stands in Neuwied (Landkreis Neuwied), in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The building is a listed Baudenkmal. No visits are on record for this building.

Schloss Neuwied stands at the northern edge of Neuwied's town centre, close to the Rhine bank, just south of where the Wied river flows into it. Seat of the counts and later princes of Wied until 1806, it replaced the older family residence of Burg Altwied, which had become unsuitable for a princely court. The present building, an open three-wing complex facing the town, follows the horseshoe layout fashionable in German Baroque architecture after the model of Versailles. Around it lies a park laid out in 1715 as a formal French garden and later reshaped into an English landscape garden, planted with exotic species linked to Prince Maximilian zu Wied's travels in America.

What to know

The palace sits in the heart of Neuwied, right by the Rhine.
The surrounding park, reshaped into a landscape garden in the 18th and 19th centuries, covers around twenty hectares down to the mouth of the Wied river.
The site is protected as a Kulturdenkmal in Germany.
No verified information is available here regarding opening hours, admission fees, or interior visiting arrangements.

Where this château is

Neuwied · Landkreis Neuwied · Rheinland-Pfalz

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Schlossstraße 1, 56564 Neuwied

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Heritage status: Kulturdenkmal in Deutschland

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Where is Schloss Neuwied located?: It stands in Neuwied, in the Landkreis Neuwied, in Rhineland-Palatinate, directly on the bank of the Rhine.
Who built Schloss Neuwied?: Construction of the residence began around 1706 under Count Friedrich Wilhelm zu Wied, to designs by architect Julius Ludwig Rothweil, and was completed between 1748 and 1756.
Was Schloss Neuwied always the family seat?: No, the counts of Wied had resided for over five centuries at Burg Altwied in the Wied valley before moving their seat to the Rhine.
What can still be seen in the palace park?: The park, reshaped into a landscape garden in the late 18th century, still contains exotic trees and stretches to where the Wied river meets the Rhine.