Neustadt / Westerwald

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Westerwaldkreis
Association municipality :	Rennerod
Height :	496 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.8 km 2
Residents:	577 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	206 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56479
Area code :	02664
License plate :	WW
Community key :	07 1 43 272
Association administration address:	Hauptstrasse 55 ; 56477 Rennerod
Website :	www.rennerod.de
Local Mayor :	Anke Schow
Location of the community Neustadt / Westerwald in the Westerwaldkreis

View of Neustadt / Westerwald

Neustadt Church of the Assumption

Neustadt / Westerwald is a municipality in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Rennerod .

geography

Geographical location

The community is located in the Westerwald between Siegen and Limburg an der Lahn . The Great Nister flows through the village .

Neighboring communities

Neustadt is surrounded by the communities Niederroßbach in the north, Emmerichenhain in the east, Hellenhahn-Schellenberg in the south and Höhn in the west.

history

The place was first mentioned in documents in 1384.

On March 1, 1987 the name was changed from Neustadt to Neustadt / Westerwald.

religion

The population is divided into approx. 82% Catholics and 18% with other or no religion.

politics

Municipal council

The council in Neustadt / Westerwald consists of twelve council members, who in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a majority vote were elected, and the volunteer local mayor as chairman.

mayor

Anke Schöw became mayor of Neustadt / Westerwald on October 15, 2019. Since no candidate had stood in the direct election on May 26, 2019, the election was made by the council in accordance with the municipal regulations.

Schöw's predecessor Michael Dielmann held the office of mayor from 2014 to 2019.

coat of arms

Blazon : “In gold an obliquely left, blue wave bar; above a red-armored, black eagle looking to the left (growing out of the wavy beam with the left claw); below a six-spoke black mill wheel with twelve blades. "

Justification of the coat of arms: The wavy bar illustrates the location of the community on the Great Nister. The black eagle in gold - the imperial eagle - symbolizes today's communal corridor district of Forstwiese as a former imperial forest. The mill wheel stands for the two former mills in Neustadt, which milled for the Neustadt- Hellenhahn-Schellenberg mill district . The colors gold and blue are the coat of arms colors of Nassau (golden lion in blue) and refer to the former territorial affiliation of the municipality.

Town twinning

Neustadt is a member of the international Neustadt in Europe city friendship with 37 members from seven countries (as of July 2020)

Culture and sights

Holzbachschlucht (near Seck )
Juniper Heath (near Westernohe )
List of cultural monuments in Neustadt / Westerwald

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The federal highway 54 , which connects Limburg an der Lahn with Siegen , and the federal highway 255 , which leads from Montabaur to Herborn , run in the immediate vicinity of the community .
The next motorway junction is Haiger / Burbach on the A 45 Dortmund - Hanau , about 18 kilometers away.
The closest ICE stop is Montabaur train station on the Cologne – Rhein / Main high-speed line .

Web links

Commons : Neustadt / Westerwald - Collection of images

Information from the Verbandsgemeinde Rennerod on the local community Neustadt / Westerwald

Individual evidence

↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
↑ Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 187 (PDF; 2.8 MB).
^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
^ Report on the meeting of the local council on October 15, 2019. In: Hoher Westerwald - Weekly courier for the Verbandsgemeinde Rennerod, edition 44/2019. Linus Wittich Medien GmbH, accessed on July 18, 2020 .
^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Rennerod, Verbandsgemeinde, ninth line of the results. Retrieved July 18, 2020 .
^ Elke Hufnagl: Honors and farewells to council members and local mayors. In: Hoher Westerwald - weekly courier for the Verbandsgemeinde Rennerod, issue 28/2019. Linus Wittich Medien GmbH, accessed on July 18, 2020 .

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-RP-1] State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).

[2] Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 187 (PDF; 2.8 MB).

[3] The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections

[4] Report on the meeting of the local council on October 15, 2019. In: Hoher Westerwald - Weekly courier for the Verbandsgemeinde Rennerod, edition 44/2019. Linus Wittich Medien GmbH, accessed on July 18, 2020 .

[5] The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Rennerod, Verbandsgemeinde, ninth line of the results. Retrieved July 18, 2020 .

[6] Elke Hufnagl: Honors and farewells to council members and local mayors. In: Hoher Westerwald - weekly courier for the Verbandsgemeinde Rennerod, issue 28/2019. Linus Wittich Medien GmbH, accessed on July 18, 2020 .