Linz am Rhein (Verbandsgemeinde)

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Linz am Rhein is a Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the district of Neuwied, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the eponymously named Verbandsgemeinde is in the town of Linz am Rhein.

The VerbandsgemeindeLinz am Rhein consists of the following Ortsgemeinden ("local municipalities"):

  1. Dattenberg
  2. Kasbach-Ohlenberg
  3. Leubsdorf
  4. Linz am Rhein
  5. Ockenfels
  6. Sankt Katharinen
  7. Vettelschoß

Coordinates: 50°33′58″N7°16′52″E / 50.566°N 7.281°E / 50.566; 7.281

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