Diez
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| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Germany |
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| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Rhein-Lahn-Kreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Diez |
| Mayor | Gerhard Maxeiner |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 12.41 km² (4.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 110 m (361 ft) |
| Population | 10,910 (31/12/2006) |
| - Density | 879 /km² (2,277 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | EMS |
| Postal code | 65582 |
| Area code | 06432 |
| Website | www.vgdiez.de |
- For other uses see Diez (disambiguation).
Diez (also Dietz) is a municipality 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 the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Diez.
[edit] History of wine
In 1446 a vineyard is documented jenseits der Brücke von Henne Krebs means across the bridge [1].
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.graf-von-katzenelnbogen.de/ The History of the County of Katzenelnbogen and the First Riesling of the World
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