Ehlscheid is a municipality in the district of Neuwied, in

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. Part of the municipality are also three ', namely Forsthaus Gommerscheid, Hof Talblick and Talhof. (''Forsthaus'' may be translated as

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, ''Hof'' (in that case) as

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On June 1, 1958, an open-air bath was opened in Ehlscheid. It was closed in 2012 due to technical problems. In 2016, the pool was leveled and filled with earth. The

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has its roots in Ehlscheid, but also in the abandoned village of

Rockenfeld Rockenfeld is an abandoned village in the Feldkirchen district of Neuwied, Germany. The names Rockenfeller and Rockefeller are derived from Rockenfeld. It is said that the ancestors of the Rockefeller family (including John D. Rockefeller ...

and in Fahr (both today part of

Neuwied Neuwied (, ) is a town in the north of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, capital of the Neuwied (district), District of Neuwied. Neuwied lies on the east bank of the Rhine, 12 km northwest of Koblenz, on the railway from Frankfurt ...

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