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°ECoordinates: 52°52′00″N 12°25′59″E / 52.86667°N 12.43306°E
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Ostprignitz-Ruppin
Municipal assoc.	Neustadt (Dosse)
Government
• Mayor	Sabine Ehrlich (SPD)
Area
• Total	75.43 km^2 (29.12 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	3,435
• Density	46/km^2 (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, 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]

Year Population 1875 3 838 1890 3 768 1910 3 668 1925 4 138 1933 4 010 1939 3 873 1946 6 458 1950 6 231 1964 4 684 1971 4 486

Year Population 1981 4 097 1985 3 972 1989 4 029 1990 3 946 1991 4 030 1992 4 088 1993 4 039 1994 3 963 1995 4 084 1996 4 042

Year Population 1997 4 112 1998 4 200 1999 4 151 2000 4 013 2001 4 044 2002 4 013 2003 4 004 2004 3 876 2005 3 781 2006 3 718

Year Population 2007 3 691 2008 3 645 2009 3 622 2010 3 575 2011 3 531 2012 3 462 2013 3 403

Sightseeing

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

Transportation

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

References

1. "Bevölkerung im Land Brandenburg nach amtsfreien Gemeinden, Ämtern und Gemeinden 31. Dezember 2015 (Fortgeschriebene amtliche Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011)". Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). 2016.
2. Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons

External links

Media related to Neustadt (Dosse) at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website of Neustadt (Dosse) (German)