Bad Neustadt an der Saale, officially Bad Neustadt a. d. Saale and often simply called Bad Neustadt, is a town in northern

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, Germany. It is the capital of the

Rhön-Grabfeld Rhön-Grabfeld is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the southeast and clockwise) the districts of Hassberge, Schweinfurt and Bad Kissingen, and the states of Hesse (district Fulda) and Thuringia (districts ...

district in

Lower Franconia Lower Franconia (german: Unterfranken) is one of seven districts of Bavaria, Germany. The districts of Lower, Middle and Upper Franconia make up the region of Franconia. History After the founding of the Kingdom of Bavaria the state was totally ...

. It is situated on the rivers

Fränkische Saale The Franconian Saale (german: Fränkische Saale) is a 140 km long river in Bavaria, Germany. It is a right-bank tributary of the Main, in Lower Franconia. It should not be confused with the larger Saxon Saale (german: Sächsische Saale), whi ...

and Brend, near the Rhön Mountains, 30 km north of

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, and 47 km southeast of Fulda.

Town structure

Between 1972 and 1978 some originally separate villages were gathered together administratively and became part of Bad Neustadt. So today Bad Neustadt has the following ''Stadtteile'' (parts of the town): *Old town of Bad Neustadt (1,858) *Western part of Bad Neustadt (2,515) *Gartenstadt (2,235) *

Brendlorenzen Brendlorenzen is a suburb (''Stadtteil'') of the town of Bad Neustadt an der Saale in the region of Unterfranken in Bavaria, Germany. The village is stretching along a single main street for more than two kilometers. Its length is due to the growi ...

(4,390) * Dürrnhof (291) * Herschfeld (2,716) * Lebenhan (492) * Löhrieth (288) *Mühlbach (972) ''(Number of inhabitants in brackets)''

History

The church ''St. Martin'' in

(part of the town Bad Neustadt) was first mentioned in 742 when the

Bishopric of Würzburg In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associat ...

was founded. The church was later renamed ''St. Johannes der Täufer'' (Saint John the Baptiste church) as it became a baptism church. In 790

Charlemagne Charlemagne ( , ) or Charles the Great ( la, Carolus Magnus; german: Karl der Große; 2 April 747 – 28 January 814), a member of the Carolingian dynasty, was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and the first ...

founded the palatinate Salz in the territory of Bad Neustadt. Neustadt was first mentioned as ''nova civitas'' in a document of the bishop of

Würzburg Würzburg (; Main-Franconian: ) is a city in the region of Franconia in the north of the German state of Bavaria. Würzburg is the administrative seat of the ''Regierungsbezirk'' Lower Franconia. It spans the banks of the Main River. Würzburg ...

in the year 1232. The medieval town wall of Bad Neustadt is shaped as a heart. So it is part of a romantic legend. According to this, the town was founded by

as a present for his beloved wife,

Fastrada Fastrada (c. 765 – 10 August 794) was queen consort of East Francia by marriage to Charlemagne, as his third wife. Life Fastrada was born ''circa'' 765 at Ingelheim, the daughter of the powerful East Frankish Count Rudolph (also called Eado ...

Main sights

The castle ''Salzburg'' on a hill near Bad Neustadt was founded in the 12th century. The castle was never destroyed but often renovated so the architecture has elements of

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and

Renaissance art Renaissance art (1350 – 1620 AD) is the painting, sculpture, and decorative arts of the period of European history known as the Renaissance, which emerged as a distinct style in Italy in about AD 1400, in parallel with developments which occ ...

Economics and infrastructure

The Rhön Klinikum AG that is headquartered in Bad Neustadt is a well known enterprise for several specialized hospitals in Germany. The hospitals in Bad Neustadt are especially famous for

cardiac The heart is a muscular organ in most animals. This organ pumps blood through the blood vessels of the circulatory system. The pumped blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the body, while carrying metabolic waste such as carbon dioxide to t ...

and hand surgery.

Neustadt in Europe and twin towns

In 1979 Bad Neustadt founded a community of all towns called ''Neustadt'' (new town). Today 34 towns of 5 different countries are members of this project ''Neustadt in Europe''. Bad Neustadt is the only Neustadt with the prefix ''Bad'' (

spa town A spa town is a resort town based on a mineral spa (a developed mineral spring). Patrons visit spas to "take the waters" for their purported health benefits. Thomas Guidott set up a medical practice in the English town of Bath in 1668. He ...

). Bad Neustadt has the following twin towns: *

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, France *

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, Italy * Oberhof, Germany *

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, Austria *

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*Israel There are annual student exchanges with Falaise Israel and Pershore, as well as with

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, United States and Smith's Hill High School in

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, Australia.

Sport

Soccer is the most popular sport in Bad Neustadt. There are six football clubs (VfL Sportfreunde Bad Neustadt, TSV Brendlorenzen, SV Herschfeld, DJK Mühlbach, DJK Lebenhan, DJK Löhrieth). In spite of this Bad Neustadt is most successful in handball. Bad Neustadt has played in the third division ''(Regionalliga)'' for several years. One season Bad Neustadt even played in the second division ''(2nd Bundesliga)''. During the

2006 FIFA World Cup The 2006 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Germany 2006, was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to host th ...

Bad Neustadt was the host town of the national team of

Anguilla Anguilla ( ) is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, lying east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Saint Martin. The terr ...

. According to the

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, Anguilla was ranked 196 out of 205 teams in 2006. As a member of the FIFA family the team was invited as a representative for all not-qualified teams.

Sons and daughters of the town

* Margarethe Luther, née Lindemann (1459-1531), mother of

Martin Luther Martin Luther (; ; 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, and professor, and Augustinian friar. He is the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation and the namesake of Lutherani ...

Willi Ankermüller Willi Ankermüller (18 March 1901, Bad Neustadt an der Saale, Lower Franconia - 7 July 1986 in Grosshesselohe) was a German politician and jurist. He represented the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU), and was a member of the Landtag of Bavar ...

(1901-1986), German jurist and politician *

Karl Ludwig Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg Karl Ludwig Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg (22 March 1902 – 23/24 April 1945) was a member of the German anti-Nazi resistance. He was executed in the aftermath of the failure of the 20 July plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler. The von Guttenberg ...

(1902-1945), German Resistance fighter in World War II * Thomas Kessler (born 1955), general vicar of the diocese of Würzburg * Candy DeRouge (alias Wolfgang Detmann) music producer and songwriter * Uwe Müller (born 1960), German author * Nosie Katzmann, (born 1959), German music producer * Benjamin Schöckel (born 1980), German footballer

External links

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References

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