Neustadt am Rübenberge | |
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 Railway station | |
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Location of Neustadt am Rübenberge within Hanover district  | |
  Neustadt am Rübenberge  Neustadt am Rübenberge | |
| Coordinates: 52°30′N 9°28′E / 52.500°N 9.467°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Hanover |
| Subdivisions | 34 districts |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Dominic Herbst[1] (Greens) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 357 km2 (138 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 36 m (118 ft) |
| Population (2021-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 44,796 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (320/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 31535 |
| Dialling codes | 05032, 05034, 05036, 05072, 05073 and 05074 |
| Vehicle registration | H |
| Website | www.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.
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.
Twin towns – sister cities
Neustadt am Rübenberge is twinned with:[3]
La Ferté-Macé, France (1980)
Notable people
- Friedrich Dedekind (c. 1525–1598), humanist, theologian and writer
- Euricius Dedekind (1554–1619), composer
- Georg Caspar Schürmann (1672–1751), composer, singer
- Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Hölty (1748–1776), poet in the Göttinger Hainbund.[4]
- Gerhard von Scharnhorst (1755–1813), Prussian General and army reformer.[5]
- Georg Grabenhorst (1899–1997), writer
- Robert Enke (1977–2009), footballer, died here
- Deniz Aycicek (born 1990), footballer
- Sebastian Ernst (footballer) (born 1995), footballer
See also
- Eilvese transmitter (demolished in 1931)
References
- 1 2 "Verzeichnis der direkt gewählten Bürgermeister/-innen und Landräte/Landrätinnen". Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. April 2021.
- ↑ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2021" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
- ↑ "Neustadt im Austausch mit der Welt". neustadt-a-rbge.de (in German). Neustadt am Rübenberge. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
- ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 620.
- ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 314.
External links
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 Coat of Arms of Hanover district | ||
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