Neumünster

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Neumünster
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Neumünster
Map of Germany, Position of Neumünster highlighted
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Schleswig-Holstein
District Urban district
Town subdivisions 9 Stadtbezirke
Lord Mayor Hartmut Unterlehberg (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area 71.57 km² (27.6 sq mi)
Elevation 22 m  (72 ft)
Population 78,137  (30/06/2006)
 - Density 1,092 /km² (2,828 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate NMS
Postal codes 24534 - 24539
Area code 04321
Website www.neumuenster.de

Coordinates: 54°04′17″N 09°59′24″E / 54.07139, 9.99

Neumünster (IPA[nɔʏ̯ˈmʏnstɐ]) is one of four independent towns in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The first historic record of the precursor village "Wippendorf" dates from 1127.

Near Neumünster at Ehndorf, there is a medium wave transmission facility for transmitting the program of "Deutschlandfunk", the Ehndorf transmitter, which is often named incorrectly as transmitter Neumünster.

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