Rederscheid is a town in the municipality of
Windhagen
Windhagen is a Municipality in the district of Neuwied, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Its former mayor used to be the oldest German Mayor
In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a Municipal corporation, municipal go ...
in the district 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 ...
,
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; ; ; ) is a western state of Germany. It covers 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 ...
,
Germany
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. As of 2022, the town has 728 inhabitants.
Rederscheid was incorporated into Windhagen on November 8, 1970. In April 2022, seventy refugees from the
Russian invasion of Ukraine
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were housed in a former hotel in the town.
The town includes a playground and village square.
References
Villages in Rhineland-Palatinate
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