Neuenburg am Rhein

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Neuenburg am Rhein
Coat of arms of Neuenburg am Rhein
Neuenburg am Rhein is located in Germany
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Neuenburg am Rhein
Coordinates 47°48′53″N 7°33′43″E / 47.81472°N 7.56194°E / 47.81472; 7.56194Coordinates: 47°48′53″N 7°33′43″E / 47.81472°N 7.56194°E / 47.81472; 7.56194
Administration
Country Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region Freiburg
District Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald
Town subdivisions 4
Mayor Joachim Schuster (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area 44.12 km2 (17.03 sq mi)
Elevation 230 m  (755 ft)
Population 12,028 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 273 /km2 (706 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate FR
Postal codes 79389–79395
Area code 07631
Website www.neuenburg.de
Imperial City of Neuenburg
Reichsstadt Neuenburg
Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire

1219–1311
Capital Neuenburg am Rhein
Government Republic
Historical era Middle Ages
 - Founded by
    Duke Berchtold IV

1175
 - Granted Reichsfreiheit
    by Emp. Frederick II

1219 (confirmed 1274) 1219
 - Adolphine privileges 24 December 1292
 - Destroyed by flooding 1302
 - To Further Austria 1311
 - To G/D Baden 1806

Neuenburg am Rhein is a town in the district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Rhine, 18 km northeast of Mulhouse, and 28 km north of Basel.

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