Neustadt (Dosse) is a

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in the district of

Ostprignitz-Ruppin Ostprignitz-Ruppin is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the northwestern part of Brandenburg, Germany. Neighboring are (from north clockwise) the districts Müritz and Mecklenburg-Strelitz in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the districts Oberhavel and Have ...

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with a population of 3,575 (as of 2010). It has a total area of 75.43 km², and lies close to the river Dosse.

History

Neustadt was founded in 1407 by the Count of Ruppin. In 1788, the Prussian king Friedrich William II expanded the town and his

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. Until today, the national stud of Brandenburg (Brandenburgisches Haupt- und Landgestüt, i.e. Brandenburgian Main and State Stud) is located in Neustadt which is thus a principal place of the

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in Brandenburg, especially for horses of the

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breed.

Areas

Babe, Helenenhof, Kampehl, Köritz, Leddin, Lindenau, Neuhof, Neuroddahn, Plänitz, Schönfeld, Spiegelberg, and Strubbergshof.

Demography

Mayor

Sabine Ehrlich (SPD) was elected in May 2014 with 54,3 % of the votes for a term of five years.Ergebnis der Bürgermeisterwahl am 25. Mai 2014
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Sightseeing

The mummy of Christian Friedrich von Kahlbutz is located in Kampehl, which is a locality of Neustadt (Dosse). Hauptgestüt

Transportation

At Neustadt, there is a train stop of the regional express on the

Berlin–Hamburg Railway The Berlin–Hamburg Railway (german: Berlin-Hamburger Bahn) is a roughly long railway line for passenger, long-distance and goods trains. It was the first high-speed line upgraded in Germany to be capable of handling train speeds of over ...

Sons and daughters of the town

* Ludwig Jonas (1797-1859), theologian * August Lindemann (1842-1921), architect * Paul Gustaf Krause (1867-1945), paleontologist * Fritz Thörner (1869-1940), writer

References

External links

Official website of Neustadt (Dosse)
Localities in Ostprignitz-Ruppin 1407 establishments in Europe Populated places established in the 1400s {{Brandenburg-geo-stub