Diez

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Castle

Diez (in older texts also Dietz) is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is part of the Rhein-Lahn-Kreis. Diez lies north of the Taunus mountains, on the banks of the river Lahn. The town is dominated by the castle of the medieval counts of Diez, the later residence of the counts of Nassau-Diez.

Diez is also the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Diez, which consists of the following Ortsgemeinden ("local municipalities"):


Altendiez Aull Balduinstein Birlenbach Charlottenberg Cramberg Diez Dörnberg Eppenrod Geilnau Gückingen Gutenaker Hambach	Heistenbach Hirschberg Holzappel Holzheim Horhausen Isselbach Langenscheid Laurenburg Scheidt Steinsberg Wasenbach