Neustadt is a

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in the

Marburg-Biedenkopf Marburg-Biedenkopf is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the west of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Waldeck-Frankenberg, Schwalm-Eder, Vogelsbergkreis, Gießen, Lahn-Dill, Siegen-Wittgenstein. History The district was created in 1974 when ...

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Hesse Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major histor ...

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Geography

Location

Neustadt lies in the Middle Hessian ''Bergland'' ("Highland") at the eastern end of Marburg-Biedenkopf district.

Neighbouring communities

Neustadt borders in the north on the community of

Gilserberg Gilserberg is a municipality in the Schwalm-Eder district in Hesse, Germany. Geography Location Gilserberg lies at the foot of the Kellerwald, a low mountain range, nestled in the Kurhessen Highland on Federal Highway (''Bundesstraße'') B ...

, in the east on the town of

Schwalmstadt Schwalmstadt is the largest town in the Schwalm-Eder district, in northern Hesse, Germany. It was established only in 1970 with the amalgamation of the towns of Treysa and Ziegenhain together with some outlying villages to form the town of Schwalms ...

and the community of

Willingshausen Willingshausen is a municipality in the Schwalm-Eder district in Hesse, Germany. Geography Location The community of Willingshausen lies in the Schwalm area. Neighbouring communities Willingshausen borders in the north on the town of Schwalmstad ...

(all three in the

Schwalm-Eder-Kreis Schwalm-Eder-Kreis is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the north of Hesse, Germany. Neighbouring districts are Kassel, Werra-Meißner, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Vogelsberg, Marburg-Biedenkopf, and Waldeck-Frankenberg. History In 1821 districts were created ...

), in the southeast on the community of Antrifttal, in the south on the town of

Kirtorf Kirtorf () is a town in the northern Vogelsbergkreis in Hesse, Germany. Through the town runs the ''Deutsche Märchenstraße'', or German Fairytale Road, a touristic route joining many of the places commonly associated with the Brothers Grimm's tal ...

(both in the

Vogelsbergkreis The Vogelsbergkreis is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the middle of Hesse, Germany. Neighbouring districts are Schwalm-Eder, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Fulda, Main-Kinzig, Wetteraukreis, Gießen and Marburg-Biedenkopf. History The district was created in ...

), and in the west on the town of

Stadtallendorf Stadtallendorf is a town in the district of Marburg-Biedenkopf, Hesse, Germany. It lies about east of Marburg. In 2010, the town hosted the 50th Hessentag state festival. Geography Location Under the German system of ''Naturräume'', Stad ...

(Marburg-Biedenkopf).

Town divisions

Neustadt has, as well as the core community known as Neustadt, centres known as Mengsberg, Momberg and Speckswinkel.

Politics

Town council

After municipal elections on 26 March 2006, the town council is arranged thus:

Coat of arms

Neustadt's

coat of arms A coat of arms is a heraldry, heraldic communication design, visual design on an escutcheon (heraldry), escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the latter two being outer garments). The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central ele ...

, like many throughout western Germany, depicts

Saint Martin of Tours Martin of Tours ( la, Sanctus Martinus Turonensis; 316/336 – 8 November 397), also known as Martin the Merciful, was the third bishop of Tours. He has become one of the most familiar and recognizable Christian saints in France, heralded as the ...

cutting off a piece of his cloak for a poor man and the

Wheel of Mainz The Wheel of Mainz or ''Mainzer Rad'', in German, was the coat of arms of the Archbishopric of Mainz and thus also of the Electorate of Mainz (Kurmainz), in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It consists of a silver wheel with six spokes on a red bac ...

Town partnerships

Neustadt is a member of the international town friendship called the ''Arbeitsgemeinschaft Neustadt in Europa'', which as of 2005 had 34 member towns – all named Neustadt – in five countries.

Culture and sightseeing

Buildings

* Junker-Hansen-Turm (tower), a remainder of a

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built in 1480 by the fortification building master Hans Jakob von Ettlingen; has the world's biggest

half-timbered Timber framing (german: Holzfachwerk) and "post-and-beam" construction are traditional methods of building with heavy timbers, creating structures using squared-off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden ...

rotunda.

References

External links

Official website
{{Authority control Marburg-Biedenkopf