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 t ...

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Hesse Hesse or Hessen ( ), officially the State of Hesse (), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt, which is also the country's principal financial centre. Two other major hist ...

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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&nb ...

, 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 Sch ...

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'' (Districts of Germany, district) in the north of Hesse, Germany. Neighbouring districts are Kassel (district), Kassel, Werra-Meißner, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Vogelsbergkreis, Vogelsberg, Marburg-Biedenkopf, and Wald ...

), in the southeast on the community of

Antrifttal Antrifttal is a municipality in the Vogelsbergkreis in Hesse, Germany. Geography Location Antrifttal lies, as its name suggests, in the valley (''Tal'') of a brook called the Antrift, a tributary to the Schwalm, between the Vogelsberg in the sou ...

, 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'', Stadta ...

(Marburg-Biedenkopf).

Town divisions

Neustadt, as well as the core community known as Neustadt, has 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

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, like many throughout western

, depicts

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

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Town partnerships

Neustadt is a member of the international town friendship called the ''Arbeitsgemeinschaft Neustadt in Europa'', which as of 2025 had 36 member towns – all named Neustadt – in seven Central European 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

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rotunda.

References

External links

Official website
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