Neustadt (Wied)
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Coordinates: 50 ° 37 ' N , 7 ° 26' E |
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Basic data | ||
State : | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
County : | Neuwied | |
Association municipality : | Asbach | |
Height : | 175 m above sea level NHN | |
Area : | 35.83 km 2 | |
Residents: | 6393 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density : | 178 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Postal code : | 53577 | |
Primaries : | 02683, 02645 | |
License plate : | NO | |
Community key : | 07 1 38 044 | |
LOCODE : | DE NEW | |
Community structure: | 56 districts | |
Association administration address: | Flammersfelder Strasse 1 53567 Asbach |
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Local Mayor : | Thomas Junior ( CDU ) | |
Location of the local community Neustadt (Wied) in the district of Neuwied | ||
Neustadt (Wied) (also spoken Neustadt an der Wied ) is a municipality in the Neuwied district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Asbach community . According to state planning, Neustadt is designated as a basic center.
geography
Geographical location
Neustadt (Wied) is located in the Rhine-Westerwald Nature Park , directly on the Wied , a tributary of the Rhine .
The municipality is located around 35 kilometers by road between the district town of Neuwied and the federal city of Bonn, near the border with North Rhine-Westphalia . The surrounding cities of Linz am Rhein , Bad Honnef , Bad Hönningen , Königswinter and Hennef (Sieg) can be reached in 15 to 25 kilometers by road, the main town of Asbach within the association is 7 kilometers by road.
The district remote from the valley is Fernthal tunnel , a 1,555 m long railway - tunnel of the high-speed line Köln-Rhein / Main passes under the district Ammerich by the Ammerichtunnel .
Community structure
The Neustadt community includes 56 villages, hamlets and residential areas (as of January 1, 2017):
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history
The first documentary mention of the place - which is controversial in professional circles - is dated to the year 1185 (according to the Siegburger Miracle Book ). The "parochia Niwinstat" (parish Neustadt) is mentioned in 1213 in a document of the Heisterbach monastery . Neustadt an der Wied belonged to the Altenwied office for more than five centuries and was thus - with interruptions - under the rule of the Electorate of Cologne . The early history of the parish is closely linked to the name of the Saynian Countess Mechthild von Sayn , who transferred the patronage of the Cistercian Abbey of Heisterbach in 1254 . Heisterbach's pastoral care continued until the abbey was dissolved in 1803 in the course of secularization . In 1815 Neustadt became Prussian.
Since the 17th century there was an ore mine in Neustadt, which was closed in 1902 and which is reminiscent of the street name "Im Schiefer". The Linz – Altenkirchen railway line, which opened in 1912, ceased operations in 1961. At the beginning of the 20th century Neustadt gained importance as a tourist destination ("summer resort") with hotels, restaurants, pensions and a lido on the Wied.
politics
Municipal council
The municipal council in Neustadt (Wied) consists of 22 council members, who were elected in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a personalized proportional representation, and the honorary local mayor as chairman.
The distribution of seats in the municipal council:
choice | SPD | CDU | FDP | FWG | BLN | total |
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2019 | 5 | 12 | 2 | - | 3 | 22 seats |
2014 | 4th | 14th | 1 | 2 | 1 | 22 seats |
2009 | 4th | 13 | 1 | 4th | - | 22 seats |
2004 | 4th | 14th | 1 | 3 | - | 22 seats |
- FWG = Free Voting Community Neustadt (Wied) e. V.
- BLN = Bürgerliste Neustadt e. V.
mayor
Thomas Junior (CDU) became the local mayor of Neustadt in June 2019. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected for five years with 56.23% of the vote. His predecessor Juttawertebruch (also CDU) held this office for 15 years.
coat of arms
Blazon : “Divided by silver and red; above two crossed red lily sticks; below three, 2: 1 posed, gold-crowned silver eagle heads. "
The coat of arms has been legally valid since October 19, 1981 based on a design by G. Becker, Etscheid. |
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Justification of the coat of arms: The three eagle heads are the coat of arms of the bailiffs of Panau - today part of Neustadt -, 1378-1403, who exercised the judicial office in Neustadt. They were followed in office by the lower noble family of those of Neustadt, called Munt (Mandt), 1390–1555. Your coat of arms are the crossed lily wands. |
Community consolidation
For a long time the parish village of Neustadt belonged to Bertenau . The municipality of Bertenau was renamed Neustadt in 1953.
Today's community Neustadt (Wied) was formed on January 1, 1969 from the dissolved communities Bühlingen (915 inhabitants), Elsrachthal (802 E.), Neustadt (Wied) (2090 E.) and Rahms (999 E.).
Town twinning
Neustadt is a member of the largest European city friendship Neustadt in Europe , in which 37 cities and municipalities called "Neustadt" from seven countries (Germany, Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, the Netherlands) have come together. In the context of Neustadt in Europe , Bergneustadt in the north and Neustadt / Westerwald in the east (each 45 kilometers away) are the closest neighbors.
Culture and sights
Cultural monuments
In Neustadt (Wied) there are some listed cultural monuments:
- the Catholic parish church of St. Margarita, a neo-Gothic quarry stone hall, built 1869–1873;
- the catholic Antoniuskapelle in the district Etscheid, a small baroque hall building from the year 1680;
- the Catholic chapel of St. Maria Mater Dolorosa in the Fernthal district, a five-axis romanized quarry stone hall, built 1911–1912;
- the castle Altenwied in the district of Wied, partially restored and is now privately owned, goes back to the 12th-century castle, the seat of the mid-13th century Electoral Cologne was Altenwied Office;
- Various half-timbered houses in the districts .
Local museum
- Local museum "Bi et fröher wor"
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
- Roads: Bundesautobahn 3 - two junctions: Bad Honnef / Linz / Asbach and Neustadt (Wied) / Fernthal
- Railway: The Neustadt (Wied) station on the Linz am Rhein – Flammersfeld (Seelbach) line, opened in 1912, was shut down in 1960. Today the nearest train stations are approx. 20 km away in the Rhine Valley ( Linz / Rhine , Bad Honnef ) and in the Siegtal ( Hennef / Sieg , Eitorf ).
- Local public transport: There are direct bus connections in the network of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Mosel (VRM) to Bonn , Siegburg , Neuwied , Linz am Rhein and Altenkirchen .
- Long-distance hiking trails: Westerwald-Steig leads to Strauscheid, a district of Neustadt (Wied)
Public facilities
Neustadt has three schools and two church-run kindergartens. The primary school “In der Au” primarily supplies the local community of Neustadt, while the catchment area of the state secondary school and the Wiedtal high school extends beyond the community.
The Wiedtal-Gymnasium was founded in 1976 by the Neuwied district.
Due to the close proximity to the state secondary school, the students enjoy the benefits of a school center with shared facilities such as B. Central library and specialist rooms. There is close cooperation between the schools in the school center, especially in the orientation level (grades 5 and 6) (e.g. the same learning materials in some subjects, teacher exchange). In this way, a well-founded career recommendation can be given at the end of the orientation level. The new classes 5 are composed in such a way that children from the same elementary school can attend the same class if possible.
There is a local community library on site. In addition, there is a Catholic and a Protestant parish with their own churches in Neustadt, as well as the St. Josefshaus nursing home. The place has a sports center, a community center with sports and multi-purpose hall and the Wiedparkhalle, officially inaugurated in January 2004, which is used for cultural and social events.
economy
The M + C Schiffer GmbH , Europe's largest supplier of toothbrushes, headquartered in Neustadt.
Furthermore, the headquarters of the shoe manufacturer Birkenstock is located in the Rahms district .
Personalities
- Johannes Füllenbach (born February 15, 1935), internationally renowned Catholic theology and Steyler missionary
- Rudi Gutendorf (1926–2019), German soccer coach and recipient of the Federal Cross of Merit , lived in Neustadt.
- Roman Lob (* 1990), German singer and participant in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 , grew up in Neustadt.
- Günter Schröder (1963–2012), quiz author, TV producer and question inventor for the successful RTL show Wer wird Millionär? , was born and raised in Neustadt.
literature
- Hellmuth Gensicke : State history of the Westerwald . 3. unchang. Reprint from 1958, Wiesbaden 1999, ISBN 3-922244-80-7 .
- Albert Hardt: In the land of Neuerburg an der Wied , 1988, second edition
- Paul Girnstein: Altenwied and its environment until the 14th century , Linz 2008
- Festival committee for the 700th anniversary of the Neustadt parish church (ed.): Neustadt-Wied - a festival and homeland book 1229–1929 , Asbach 1929. ( dilibri )
- Ortgemeinde Neustadt (Wied) (Ed.): Neustadt (Wied) Heimat in the course of the centuries . Reckinger & Co., Siegburg 1985.
- Gisbert Becker: Neustadt (Wied). Pictures from days gone by . Geiger-Verlag, Horb am Neckar 1989.
- Gerhard R. Petersohn (Ed.): Family book Neustadt (Wied) 1661–1820 . Merklingen 2003. Genealogical evaluations of various church registers and other sources from the region.
Web links
- Neustadt (Wied) parish
- Short portrait with film about the Wied district and Altenwied Castle near Hierzuland , SWR television
- Short portrait with film about the Etscheid district near Hierzuland, SWR television
- Short portrait with a film about the Fernthal district near Hierzuland, SWR television
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
- ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
- ↑ Population figures according to information from the Neustadt (Wied) community
- ↑ Paul Girnstein: origin of Neustadt (Wied) , Ulf Lind: Oldest sources via Altenwied and Neustadt . In: Heimatblatt Altenwied 2010/2011 , pp. 167–214.
- ↑ Heiner Strauss: "Im Schiefer" - a forgotten mine in Neustadt / Wied (1617–1902) , magazine on the history of mining and metallurgy - Fischbacher Hefte, 16th year, issue 2-2010, pp. 40–50
- ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
- ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Asbach, Verbandsgemeinde, second line of results. Retrieved February 21, 2020 .
- ↑ Martin Lindner: Juttawertebruch leaves the political stage: local mayor of Neustadt says goodbye. Rhein-Zeitung, June 14, 2019, accessed on February 21, 2020 .
- ↑ Official municipality directory 2006 ( Memento from December 22, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) (= State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 393 ). Bad Ems March 2006, p. 189 (PDF; 2.6 MB). Info: An up-to-date directory ( 2016 ) is available, but in the section "Territorial changes - Territorial administrative reform" it does not give any population figures.
- ^ General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - Neuwied district. Mainz 2019, p. 34 f. (PDF; 6.4 MB).
- ↑ Local history museum “Bi et fröher wor”. In: Sights in the local community. Neustadt (Wied), accessed on March 22, 2018 .