Neustadt am Rübenberge
Neustadt am Rübenberge is a town in the district of Hannover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. At, it is the 9th largest settlement in Germany by area, though only about 45,000 inhabitants live there. It is in a region known as the Hanoverian [Moor Geest].
Founding
was founded around 1200, and recorded as a nova civitas in 1215. In 1426 it was recorded as Nienstadt vor dem Rouwenberge und in 1523 as Nygestadt.Boroughs
*Mayor
Dominic Herbst has served as mayor since 2019. He succeeded Uwe Sternbeck, who had been the mayor from 2004.Economy
Construction
Twin towns – sister cities
Neustadt am Rübenberge is twinned with:- La Ferté-Macé, France
Notable people
- Friedrich Dedekind, humanist, theologian and writer
- Euricius Dedekind, composer
- Georg Caspar Schürmann, composer, singer
- Ludwig Christoph [Heinrich Hölty], poet of ballads.
- Gerhard [von Scharnhorst], Prussian General and army reformer.
- Georg Grabenhorst, author of Zero Hour
- Melanie Brinkmann, virologist, worked on the Cytomegalovirus.
- Sami Haddadin, electrical engineer, computer scientist and university professor re. robotics and artificial intelligence
Sport
- Robert Enke, football goalkeeper, died here; played 287 games and 8 for Germany
- Deniz Aycicek, footballer, played over 200 games
- Sebastian Ernst, footballer, played over 250 games