Neustadt (Dosse)

Neustadt
Town church

Coat of arms
Neustadt
Location of Neustadt (Dosse) within Ostprignitz-Ruppin district
Coordinates: 52°52′00″N 12°25′59″E / 52.86667°N 12.43306°E / 52.86667; 12.43306Coordinates: 52°52′00″N 12°25′59″E / 52.86667°N 12.43306°E / 52.86667; 12.43306
Country Germany
State Brandenburg
District Ostprignitz-Ruppin
Municipal assoc. Neustadt (Dosse)
Government
 • Mayor Sabine Ehrlich (SPD)
Area
 • Total 75.43 km2 (29.12 sq mi)
Elevation 35 m (115 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
 • Total 3,454
 • Density 46/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 16845
Dialling codes 033970
Vehicle registration OPR
Website www.neustadt-dosse.de

Neustadt (Dosse) is a town in the district of Ostprignitz-Ruppin, Brandenburg, Germany with a population of 3,575 (as of 2010). It has a total area of 75.43 km², and lies close to the river Dosse.

History

Neustadt was founded in 1407 by the Count of Ruppin. In 1788, the Prussian king Friedrich William II expanded the town and his stud. Until today, the national stud of Brandenburg (Brandenburgisches Haupt- und Landgestüt, i.e. Brandenburgian Main and State Stud) is located in Neustadt which is thus a principal place of the horse breeding in Brandenburg, especially for horses of the Brandenburger breed.

Areas

Babe, Helenenhof, Kampehl, Köritz, Leddin, Lindenau, Neuhof, Neuroddahn, Plänitz, Schönfeld, Spiegelberg, and Strubbergshof.

Demography

Development of population since 1875 within the current boundaries (Blue line: Population; Dotted line: Comparison to population development of Brandenburg state; Grey background: Time of Nazi rule; Red background: Time of communist rule)
Neustadt (Dosse): Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)[2]
YearPop.±% p.a.
1875 3,838—    
1890 3,768−0.12%
1910 3,668−0.13%
1925 4,138+0.81%
1933 4,010−0.39%
1939 3,873−0.58%
1946 6,458+7.58%
1950 6,231−0.89%
1964 4,684−2.02%
1971 4,486−0.62%
1981 4,097−0.90%
1985 3,972−0.77%
1989 4,029+0.36%
1990 3,946−2.06%
1991 4,030+2.13%
1992 4,088+1.44%
1993 4,039−1.20%
1994 3,963−1.88%
1995 4,084+3.05%
1996 4,042−1.03%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1997 4,112+1.73%
1998 4,200+2.14%
1999 4,151−1.17%
2000 4,013−3.32%
2001 4,044+0.77%
2002 4,013−0.77%
2003 4,004−0.22%
2004 3,876−3.20%
2005 3,781−2.45%
2006 3,718−1.67%
2007 3,691−0.73%
2008 3,645−1.25%
2009 3,622−0.63%
2010 3,575−1.30%
2011 3,531−1.23%
2012 3,462−1.95%
2013 3,403−1.70%
2014 3,391−0.35%
2015 3,435+1.30%
2016 3,406−0.84%

Mayor

Sabine Ehrlich (SPD) was elected in May 2014 with 54,3 % of the votes for a term of five years.[3] [4]

Sightseeing

The mummy of Christian Friedrich von Kahlbutz is located in Kampehl, which is a locality of Neustadt (Dosse).

Stud Neustadt
Church Kampehl
House in Plänitz

Transportation

At Neustadt, there is a train stop of the regional express on the Berlin–Hamburg Railway.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Ludwig Jonas (1797-1859), theologian
  • August Lindemann (1842-1921), architect
  • Paul Gustaf Krause (1867-1945), paleontologist
  • Fritz Thörner (1869-1940), writer

References

  1. ↑ "Bevölkerung im Land Brandenburg nach amtsfreien Gemeinden, Ämtern und Gemeinden 31. Dezember 2017 (Fortgeschriebene amtliche Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011)". Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). 2018.
  2. ↑ Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons
  3. ↑ § 73 des Brandenburgischen Kommunalwahlgesetzes
  4. ↑ Ergebnis der Bürgermeisterwahl am 25. Mai 2014

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