Neustadt am Rübenberge

Neustadt am Rübenberge
Railway station
Coat of arms
Neustadt am Rübenberge Location of Neustadt am Rübenberge within Hanover district
Coordinates: 52°30′N 9°28′E / 52.500°N 9.467°E / 52.500; 9.467Coordinates: 52°30′N 9°28′E / 52.500°N 9.467°E / 52.500; 9.467
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Hanover
Government
• Mayor	Uwe Sternbeck (Greens)
Area
• Total	357 km2 (138 sq mi)
Elevation	36 m (118 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
• Total	43,964
• Density	120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	31535
Dialling codes	05032, 05034, 05036, 05072, 05073 and 05074
Vehicle registration	H
Website	www.neustadt-a-rbge.de

Neustadt am Rübenberge is a town in the district of Hannover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. At 357 km², 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.

Boroughs

Mayor

Uwe Sternbeck (Alliance '90/The Greens)has been the mayor since 2004. He was reelected in 2011.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Friedrich Dedekind (c. 1525–1598), humanist, theologian and writer
• Euricius Dedekind (1554–1619), composer
• Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Hölty (1748–1776), poet in the Göttinger Hainbund
• Gerhard von Scharnhorst (1755–1813), Prussian General and army reformer
• Georg Grabenhorst (1899–1997), writer
• Deniz Aycicek (born 1990), footballer
• Sebastian Ernst (footballer) (born 1995), football player

History

• Eilvese transmitter (demolished in 1931)
• Robert Enke (d 2009)

References

External links

Media related to Neustadt am Rübenberge at Wikimedia Commons