Neustadt, Westerwaldkreis
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| Neustadt | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Germany |
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| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Rennerod |
| Mayor | Hansfred Gros |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 2.80 km² (1.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 496 m (1627 ft) |
| Population | 577 (31/12/2006) |
| - Density | 206 /km² (534 /sq mi) |
| Other information | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | WW |
| Postal code | 56479 |
| Area code | 02664 |
| Website | www.rennerod.de |
| Location of Neustadt within Westerwaldkreis district | |
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Neustadt/ Westerwald is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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[edit] Geography
[edit] Location
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 found only in Rhineland-Palatinate. Its seat is in the like-named town.
[edit] Neighbouring communities
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.
[edit] History
In 1384, Neustadt/Westerwald had its first documentary mention.
[edit] Religion
Roughly 82% of the population is Catholic with the other 18% following either another or no faith.
[edit] Politics
[edit] Community council
The council is made up of 12 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.
[edit] Coat of arms
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.
[edit] Town partnerships
Neustadt is a member of the international town friendship group Neustadt in Europa with 34 members in five countries (as of 15 August 2005).
[edit] Culture and sightseeing
- Holzbachschlucht (gorge near Seck)
- Wacholderheide (juniper heath near Westernohe)
[edit] Economy and infrastructure
[edit] Transport
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.
[edit] External links
- Neustadt in the collective municipality’s Web pages (German)
- Städtefreundschaft Arbeitsgemeinschaft Neustadt in Europa (German)
This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.
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