Isenburg, Rhineland-Palatinate Explained

Isenburg
Image Coa:Wappen Isenburg (Westerwald).png
Coordinates:50.4772°N 7.5897°W
Image Plan:Isenburg in NR.svg
State:Rheinland-Pfalz
District:Neuwied
Verbandsgemeinde:Dierdorf
Elevation:160
Area:4.17
Postal Code:56271
Area Code:02601
Licence:NR
Gemeindeschlüssel:07 1 38 031
Mayor:Detlef Mohr[1]
Leader Term:2019 - 24

Isenburg is a municipality in the district of Neuwied, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

The castle was built by the Counts of Isenburg around 1100 if not prior. Occupied by several branches of the Isenburg family (as a Ganerbenburg), it was inhabited into the early 17th century. Shortly after being abandoned, it became a ruin. After the branch of Lower Isenburg had extinguished in 1664 with count Ernst of Isenburg-Grenzau, the county was partitioned between the counts of Walderdorff and the counts of Wied-Neuwied. The present owner of the castle is Maximilian, 9th Prince of Wied, son of Carl, 8th Prince of Wied and Princess Isabelle of Isenburg.

Notes and References

  1. https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/1380000000000.html Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Neuwied