Neustadt am Rübenberge

Neustadt am Rübenberge (German pronunciation: [ˈnɔʏʃtat ʔam ˈʁyːbn̩bɛʁɡə] ^ⓘ; Low German: Niestadt) is a town in the district of Hannover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. At 357 km² (138 sq mi), it is the 9th largest settlement in Germany by area (following Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne), though only about 45,000 inhabitants live there. It is in a region known as the Hanoverian Moor Geest.

Neustadt am Rübenberge
Town
Railway station
Coat of arms
Location of Neustadt am Rübenberge within Hanover district
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Coordinates: 52°30′N 9°28′E
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Hanover
Subdivisions	34 districts
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Dominic Herbst[1] (Greens)
Area
• Total	358.96 km2 (138.60 sq mi)
Elevation	36 m (118 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	45,262
• Density	130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	31535
Dialling codes	05032, 05034, 05036, 05072, 05073 and 05074
Vehicle registration	H
Website	www.neustadt-a-rbge.de

Founding

Cooper-engraving by Matthäus Merian, c. 1650^[3]

Neustadt am Rübenberge was founded around 1200, and recorded as a nova civitas (lit. 'new city') in 1215. In 1426 it was recorded as Nienstadt vor dem Rouwenberge und in 1523 as Nygestadt.

Boroughs

• Amedorf [de]
• Averhoy [de]
• Basse [de]
• Bevensen [de]
• Bordenau [de]
• Borstel [de]
• Brase [de]
• Büren [de]
• Dudensen
• Eilvese
• Empede [de]
• Esperke
• Evensen [de]
• Hagen
• Helstorf [de]
• Laderholz [de]
• Lutter [de]
• Luttmersen [de]
• Mandelsloh
• Mardorf [de]
• Mariensee
• Metel [de]
• Niedernstöcken [de]
• Nöpke [de]
• Otternhagen [de]
• Poggenhagen [de]
• Scharrel [de]
• Schneeren [de]
• Stöckendrebber [de]
• Suttorf [de]
• Vesbeck [de]
• Welze [de]
• Wulfelade [de]

Mayor

Dominic Herbst (Alliance 90/The Greens) has served as mayor since 2019.^[1] He succeeded Uwe Sternbeck (Alliance 90/The Greens), who had been the mayor from 2004.

Economy

Construction

• IKN GmbH (Ingenieurbüro-Kühlerbau-Neustadt GmbH), design and manufacturing of coolers and pyro lines^[4]

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Neustadt am Rübenberge is twinned with:^[5]

• La Ferté-Macé, France (1980)

Notable people

Melanie Brinkmann, 2020

• Friedrich Dedekind (c. 1524 – 1598), humanist, theologian and writer
• Euricius Dedekind (1554–1619), composer
• Georg Caspar Schürmann (1672–1751), composer, singer
• Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Hölty (1748–1776), poet of ballads.^[6]
• Gerhard von Scharnhorst (1755–1813), Prussian General and army reformer.^[7]
• Georg Grabenhorst (1899–1997), author of Zero Hour
• Melanie Brinkmann (born 1974), virologist, worked on the Cytomegalovirus.
• Sami Haddadin (born 1980), electrical engineer, computer scientist and university professor re. robotics and artificial intelligence

Sport

• Robert Enke (1977–2009), football goalkeeper, died here; played 287 games and 8 for Germany
• Deniz Aycicek (born 1990), footballer, played over 200 games
• Sebastian Ernst (born 1995), footballer, played over 250 games

See also

• Eilvese transmitter (demolished in 1931)