Neustadt am Rübenberge

Neustadt am Rübenberge (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
Railway station
Coat of arms of Neustadt am Rübenberge
Coat of arms
Location of Neustadt am Rübenberge within Hanover district
Neustadt am Rübenberge is located in Germany
Neustadt am Rübenberge
Neustadt am Rübenberge
Neustadt am Rübenberge is located in Lower Saxony
Neustadt am Rübenberge
Neustadt am Rübenberge
Coordinates: 52°30′N 9°28′E
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictHanover
Subdivisions34 districts
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Dominic Herbst[1] (Greens)
Area
 • Total357 km2 (138 sq mi)
Elevation
36 m (118 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total45,262
 • Density130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
31535
Dialling codes05032, 05034, 05036, 05072, 05073 and 05074
Vehicle registrationH
Websitewww.neustadt-a-rbge.de

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

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.

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

Neustadt am Rübenberge is twinned with:[3]

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.[4]
  • Gerhard von Scharnhorst (1755–1813), Prussian General and army reformer.[5]
  • 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)

References
  1. "Verzeichnis der direkt gewählten Bürgermeister/-innen und Landräte/Landrätinnen". Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. April 2021.
  2. "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
  3. "Neustadt im Austausch mit der Welt". neustadt-a-rbge.de (in German). Neustadt am Rübenberge. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  4. "Hölty, Ludwig Heinrich Christoph" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 620.
  5. "Scharnhorst, Gerhard Johann David von" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 314.

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