Rhineland-Palatinate is a western state of Germany. It covers 19,846 km2 (7,663 sq mi) and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the sixteen states. Mainz is the capital and largest city. Other cities are Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Koblenz, Trier, Kaiserslautern, Worms, and Neuwied. It is bordered by North Rhine-Westphalia, Saarland, Baden-Württemberg and Hesse and by France, Luxembourg and Belgium.
Altenkirchen is a district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by the North Rhine-Westphalian districts Rhein-Sieg, Oberbergischer Kreis, Olpe and Siegen-Wittgenstein, and the districts of Westerwaldkreis and Neuwied.
Neuwied is a district (Kreis) in the north of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are Rhein-Sieg, Altenkirchen, Westerwaldkreis, Mayen-Koblenz, Ahrweiler.
Mayen-Koblenz is a district (Kreis) in the north of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are Ahrweiler, Neuwied, Westerwaldkreis, district-free Koblenz, Rhein-Lahn, Rhein-Hunsrück, Cochem-Zell, and Vulkaneifel.
Hammerstein is a municipality on the river Rhine in the district of Neuwied in Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany.
The Wied is a river in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, and a right tributary of the Rhine.
Waldbreitbach is a municipality in the district of Neuwied, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated in the Westerwald, on the river Wied, approx. 16 km north of Neuwied.
Böhl-Iggelheim is a municipality in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It has about 8,200 inhabitants and is situated approximately 15 km southwest of Ludwigshafen, and 10 km northwest of Speyer.
Bruchhausen is a municipality in the district of Neuwied, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Breitscheid is a municipality in the district of Neuwied, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Oberraden is a municipality in the district of Neuwied, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Ockenfels is a municipality in the district of Neuwied, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Sankt Katharinen is a municipality in the district of Neuwied, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Sohrschied is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Kirchberg, whose seat is in the like-named town.
The Aar is a 50-kilometre-long (31 mi) river in western Germany, left tributary of the Lahn. It rises in the Taunus mountains, near Taunusstein. It flows generally north through the towns Taunusstein, Bad Schwalbach, Aarbergen and Hahnstätten. It flows into the Lahn in Diez.
Engelsbach is a river of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It springs at the eastern outskirts of Rengsdorf. It flows southward through the valley Engelsbachtal. Near the reservoir Schwanenteich at the suburban administrative district Oberbieber of Neuwied, it discharges into the Aubach from the right.
Welzbach is a river of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Rhine near Gau-Algesheim.
Brohlbach is a river of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Rhine at Brohl-Lützing.
Rüdiger Sterzenbach is a German economist and transportation scientist, sports official, CDU politician and a representative of a family of entrepreneurs. He was professor for economics and passenger transport management at Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences, former president of the regional sports federation of Rhineland-Palatinate "Landessportbund Rheinland-Pfalz", chairman of the regional sports foundation of Rhineland-Palatinate "Sporthilfe Rheinland-Pfalz/Saarland" and economic policy spokesman for the CDU Rhineland-Palatinate. His father was a factory worker, his mother was a housewife. He is married and has two grown sons.
