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Neustadt | |
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_COA.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Neustadt within Westerwaldkreis district  | |
  Neustadt  Neustadt | |
| Coordinates: 50°37′58″N 8°2′30″E / 50.63278°N 8.04167°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Rennerod |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Anke Schöw[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.80 km2 (1.08 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 496 m (1,627 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 586 |
| • Density | 210/km2 (540/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 56479 |
| Dialling codes | 02664 |
| Vehicle registration | WW |
| Website | www.rennerod.de |
Neustadt/ Westerwald is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
[edit]Location
[edit]The community lies in the Westerwald between Siegen and Limburg an der Lahn. Through the community flows the Große Nister. Neustadt belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Rennerod, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.
Neighbouring communities
[edit]Neustadt is surrounded by the communities of Niederroßbach in the north, Emmerichenhain in the east, Hellenhahn-Schellenberg in the south and Höhn in the west.
History
[edit]In 1384, Neustadt/Westerwald had its first documentary mention.
Religion
[edit]Roughly 82% of the population is Catholic with the other 18% following either another or no faith.
Politics
[edit]Community council
[edit]The council is made up of 12 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.
Coat of arms
[edit]The wavy bend sinister in the community's arms stands for its location on the Große Nister. The black eagle in gold – the Imperial eagle – symbolizes today's rural area of Forstwiese, which was once an Imperial forest. The waterwheel stands for the two former mills at Neustadt, which did grinding for the Neustadt-Hellenhahn-Schellenberg milling region. The tinctures gold and blue are Nassau's (golden lion in blue) and refer to the community's former territorial allegiance.
Town partnerships
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Neustadt is a member of the international town friendship group Neustadt in Europa with 34 members in five countries (as of 15 August 2005).
Culture and sightseeing
[edit]- Holzbachschlucht (gorge near Seck)
- Wacholderheide (juniper heath near Westernohe)
Economy and infrastructure
[edit]Right near the community run Bundesstraßen 54, linking Limburg an der Lahn with Siegen, and 255, leading from Montabaur to Herborn. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Haiger/Burbach on the A 45 (Dortmund–Hanau), some 18 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.
References
[edit]- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
External links
[edit]- Neustadt in the collective municipality’s Web pages (in German)
- Städtefreundschaft Arbeitsgemeinschaft Neustadt in Europa (in German)
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