Scheidt is a Ortsgemeinde ("legally distinct municipality"), in the municipal association of Diez in the district of Rhein-Lahn, in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany.

However, it is believed that there were settlements here during the construction of Laurenburg Castle in the 11th century.

In 1806, Scheidt became part of the Duchy of Nassau in Diez Office, which was annexed by Prussia in 1866.

Scheidt is part of the Roman Catholic parish of St. Boniface in Holzappel.

The Protestant community is part of Holzappel parish, which belongs to the Diez Deanery of the South Nassau Provostship of the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau (EKHN).