Neustadt an der Donau is a town in

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on the

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. Lying on the western border of Landkreis Kelheim, Neustadt is primarily known for the

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Bad Gögging Neustadt an der Donau is a town in Lower Bavaria on the Danube in Bavaria, Germany. Lying on the western border of Landkreis Kelheim, Neustadt is primarily known for the thermal spa Bad Gögging. Neustadt had a population of 12,753 as ...

. Neustadt had a population of 12,753 as of December 31, 2003.

Geography

The city is located halfway between

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and

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, on an approximately wide gravel plain of the

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, which at this point is south of the wooded foothills of the

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Donau-Isar hill country of the Hallertau and bounded on the north by the

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slope of the southern Franconian Alb. The rivers

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and Abens flow into the Danube in the city. The township includes 22 districts Arresting, Bad Gögging, Deisenhofen, Eining, Geibenstetten, Haderfleck, Heiligenstadt,

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, Irnsing, Irnsing-Steinbruch, Karpfenstein, Lina, Marching, Mauern, Mulhouse, Niederulrain, Oberulrain, Schwaig, Sittling, Umbertshausen and Wöhr . The area heavily dominated by agriculture; asparagus and in particular

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play a special role. Neighboring communities of Neustadt are

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, Mindelstetten, Münchsmünster, Pförring and

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History

The oldest documented area of Neustadt was the village of Trephenau. Under the name ''Seligenstadt '' the town charter was granted in May 1273 by Duke Ludwig II. This town charter is the oldest in

. With the town survey and the consequent new investment and resettlement Duke Ludwig II secured the Danube Valley road and the river crossing. The town charter is one of many granted by early

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dukes as part of a planned foundation of towns. Neustadt was first mentioned by that name in a document of

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Conrad of Weltenburg from 1277. The settlement of Wöhr, just outside the city gate on the bank of the Danube, is actually older than Neustadt. The name derives from the Middle High German ''Wert'', signifying an island of elevated dry land. Wöhr was incorporated in the late Middle Ages as part of the city of Neustadt and residents of Wöhr could be citizens of the city, but lived outside the fortification. Wöhr was also the seat of the noble family of the Lords of Wöhr and the ducal Urbar Office "ze Werde" that managed the natural and monetary levies from the ducal estates.

Population

Personalities

* Eberhard of Salzburg (* around 1085 in Sittling-1164 in the Cistercian monastery Rein), Archbishop of Salzburg from 1147 to 1164, was venerated as a holy *

Wilhelm Sander Wilhelm Sander (10 December 1860, in Berlin – 22 November 1930, in Lüderitz) was a master architect and contractor working for Sander & Kock known for his work in German South West Africa, today's Namibia. Sander studied Civil engineering i ...

(died 1973 in Neustadt an der Donau), manufacturer and donor * Jürgen Wittmann (born 1966 in Neustadt an der Donau), German football goalkeeper

References

External links

Municipal website

Official website of Bad Gögging
Populated places on the Danube {{Kelheimdistrict-geo-stub