Monuments in Neuwied

The Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes, which has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2005, is an outstanding place of archaeological interest, covering a total distance 550 kilometres.

Bronze sculpture of the "Linz rattle boy"

Historic building by the architects Heinrich Mattar and Eduard Scheler

Built as a widow’s seat for Princess Marie von Nassau in 1909. Now Headqua of the Archaeological Research Centre and Museum of Human Behavioural Evolution

Former Capuchin church, built from 1642-45 as baroque hall church, today event location managed by the city. Above the portal you can find Madonna on moon sickle dated from the time of construction. Next to the city hall there is the old grammar school, built from 1891-93.

Neo-Gothic gem from 1861 at the height of the Kaiserberg

Representative example of late 17th century half-timbering, today in private ownership.

With a 3.50 metre high sculpture in the form of a circle, the local community of Kleinmaischeid shows that it was the geographical centre of the European Union from 2004-2007.

Marian column from 1878 in place of the former council chapel (Mother of God Chapel)

About 1.3 km east of Bonefeld, on the slightly sloping western slope of the Steinkopf, lies a burial mound field of the Early Iron Age (6th-3rd century BC). In terms of cultural archaeology, it belongs to the so-called Hunsrück-Eifel culture, whose bearers are the early Celts. Most of the burial mounds have been flattened and their original shape altered by forestry operations and the dumps of basalt extraction at Steinkopf. Eleven mounds are still visible in the terrain today. They have a diameter of between 7 - 13 m and a height of up to 1.5 m. To the west of the mound field runs a hollow way, which was probably already used in prehistoric times. Of particular note is the central mound 1, now restored, which was already archaeologically investigated in 1919. A stone circle of basalt boulders ran around the base of the mound. In the centre of the mound was the burial pit. No traces of the skeleton remained. A bronze needle, a small stone implement and a pottery sherd were recovered from the burial pit. The grave pit was surrounded by a small grave and four postholes. Above it, a mighty post pit with wedge stones stood out in profile. In the middle of the mound a wooden post had been erected to mark the burial place and probably also for cultic-religious motives. It was probably a wooden grave stele crowning the mound. On the basis of comparable stone statues from early Celtic times still preserved today, it was reconstructed as a figurative sculpture with leaves sitting on the side of the head, the so-called crown of leaves. Sponsored by the Rhine-Westerwald Nature Park and the State of Rhineland-Palatinate Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator