Neustadt am Rübenberge

Neustadt am Rübenberge
Town
Railway station
Coat of arms
Location of Neustadt am Rübenberge within Hanover district
Neustadt am Rübenberge Neustadt am Rübenberge
Coordinates: 52°30′N 9°28′E
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Hanover
Subdivisions	34 districts
Government
• Mayor	Uwe Sternbeck (Greens)
Area
• Total	357 km2 (138 sq mi)
Elevation	36 m (118 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	45,262
• Density	130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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 (138 sq mi), 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

Amedorf Averhoy Basse Bevensen Bordenau Borstel Brase Büren Dudensen Eilvese Empede

Esperke Evensen Hagen Helstorf Laderholz Lutter Luttmersen Mandelsloh Mardorf Mariensee Metel

Niedernstöcken Nöpke Otternhagen Poggenhagen Scharrel Schneeren Stöckendrebber Suttorf Vesbeck Welze Wulfelade

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)

External links

Media related to Neustadt am Rübenberge at Wikimedia Commons