Neustadt am Rübenberge

Neustadt am Rübenberge
Town
Railway station
Railway station
Coat of arms of Neustadt am Rübenberge
Coat of arms
Location of Neustadt am Rübenberge within Hanover district
Hanover RegionLower SaxonyWedemarkBurgwedelNeustadt am RübenbergeBurgdorfUetzeLehrteIsernhagenLangenhagenGarbsenWunstorfSeelzeBarsinghausenSehndeHanoverGehrdenLaatzenWennigsenRonnenbergHemmingenPattensenSpringeHamelin-PyrmontSchaumburgNienburg (district)HeidekreisCelle (district)Peine (district)Gifhorn (district)Hildesheim (district)
Neustadt am Rübenberge is located in Germany
Neustadt am Rübenberge
Neustadt am Rübenberge
Neustadt am Rübenberge is located in Lower Saxony
Neustadt am Rübenberge
Neustadt am Rübenberge
Coordinates: 52°30′N 9°28′E / 52.500°N 9.467°E / 52.500; 9.467
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictHanover
Subdivisions34 districts
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Dominic Herbst[1] (Greens)
Area
 • Total
357 km2 (138 sq mi)
Elevation
36 m (118 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total
45,262
 • Density130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
31535
Dialling codes05032, 05034, 05036, 05072, 05073 and 05074
Vehicle registrationH
Websitewww.neustadt-a-rbge.de

Neustadt am Rübenberge (Low German: Niestadt) is a town in the district of Hannover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. At 357 km2 (138 sq mi), it is the 9th largest settlement in Germany by area (following Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne), though only about 45,000 inhabitants live there. It is in a region known as the Hanoverian Moor Geest.

Founding

Cooper-engraving by Matthäus Merian, c. 1650[3]

Neustadt am Rübenberge was founded around 1200, and recorded as a nova civitas (lit. 'new city') in 1215. In 1426 it was recorded as Nienstadt vor dem Rouwenberge und in 1523 as Nygestadt.

Boroughs

Mayor

Dominic Herbst (Alliance 90/The Greens) has served as mayor since 2019.[1] He succeeded Uwe Sternbeck (Alliance 90/The Greens), who had been the mayor from 2004.

Economy

Construction

  • IKN GmbH (Ingenieurbüro-Kühlerbau-Neustadt GmbH), design and manufacturing of coolers and pyro lines[4]

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Neustadt am Rübenberge is twinned with:[5]

Notable people

Melanie Brinkmann, 2020

Sport

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Verzeichnis der direkt gewählten Bürgermeister/-innen und Landräte/Landrätinnen". Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. April 2021.
  2. ^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
  3. ^ Matthäus Merian; Martin Zeiler (1654). Topographia und Eigentliche Beschreibung Der Vornembsten Stäte, Schlösser auch anderer Plätze und Örter in denen Hertzogthümer Braunschweig und Lüneburg und denen dazu gehörende Grafschafften Herzschafften und Landen (in German). Frankfurt: Matthäus Merian the Elder. OCLC 84587628. OL 26498788M. Wikidata Q19230666.
  4. ^ IKN Business Structure
  5. ^ "Neustadt im Austausch mit der Welt". neustadt-a-rbge.de (in German). Neustadt am Rübenberge. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Hölty, Ludwig Heinrich Christoph" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 620.
  7. ^ "Scharnhorst, Gerhard Johann David von" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 314.

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