Linz am Rhein

Also known as Linz/Rhein

town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Key facts

Country: Germany
State: Rhineland-Palatinate
District: Neuwied
Municipal assoc: Linz am Rhein
Subdivisions: 3 Stadtteile
Stadtb rgermeister 2019 24: Hans-Georg Faust ( CDU )
Total: 17.98 km (6.94 sq mi)
Highest elevation: 386 m (1,266 ft)
Lowest elevation: 57 m (187 ft)
Density: 356.9/km (924.4/sq mi)
Time zone: UTC+01:00 ( CET )
Summer dst: UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
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Linz am Rhein ( German pronunciation: [ˈlɪnts ʔam ˈʁaɪn] , lit. 'Linz on the Rhine') is a municipality in the district of Neuwied, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the river Rhine near Remagen, approx. 25 km southeast of Bonn and has about 6,000 inhabitants. It is the sister city of Marietta, Georgia in the United States, Linz in Austria and Pornic in France.

Linz is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Linz am Rhein.