Neustadt an der Aisch

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Neustadt an der Aisch
Town
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Neustadt an der Aisch within Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim district
Neustadt an der Aisch Show map of Germany Neustadt an der Aisch Show map of Bavaria
Coordinates: 49°35′48″N 10°36′32″E / 49.59667°N 10.60889°E / 49.59667; 10.60889
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
District	Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim
Government
• Mayor (2020–26)	Klaus Meier[1] (SPD)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	13,419
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	91413
Dialling codes	09161
Vehicle registration	NEA
Website	www.neustadt-aisch.de/

Neustadt an der Aisch (officially: Neustadt a.d. Aisch) is a small town of around 13,000 inhabitants in the northern part of Bavaria (Germany), within the Franconian administrative region Middle Franconia.^[3] It is the district town of the district Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim.

History

In 741, for the first time, Riedfeld, the town's root settlement, was documented as the German king's court. However, in 1285 the town's name is documented for the first time as "Nivenstadt".

At the end of the 12th century, Neustadt became part of the sovereign territory of the

and Nuremberg.

At the end of the 15th century,

) Anna completed Neustadt as a stronghold.

In 1553, in the Second Margrave War, the town was burnt down. Afterwards, a long lasting phase of construction and extension began. This phase ended with the destructions of the Thirty Years' War. The rebuilding after that war lasted several hundred of years.

From 1791 through to 1806, Neustadt was part of the sovereign territory of

.

In 1934, the town was the scene of an organized

was razed to the ground.

During the 20th century, traditional handicrafts (like brush-makers and makers of drawing instruments) almost completely vanished. With the resettlement of expellees from Sudetenland, new handicraft industries were imported: construction of musical instruments and the textile industry flourished.

From 1969 through to 1980, in total 16

were incorporated. In the course of an administrative reorganization (Gebietsreform), Neustadt became capital of the newly formed district "Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim".

In the 1980s and 1990s, the infrastructure was improved on a grand scale: a

was built, and a pedestrian area around the market place was created; the cultural program was extended, and the old town was rehabilitated; new residential zones and business parks were established.

Gallery

• 
  Town gate: das Nürnberger Tor
• 
  Street art near der NeustadtHalle
• 
  Bar Uncle Frank
• 
  Sparkasse on market square

Subdivisions

• Birkenfeld (including Weiherhof)
• Diebach
• Eggensee (including Chausseehaus)
• Herrnneuses (incl. Oberstrahlbach)
• Kleinerlbach
• Obernesselbach
• Unterschweinach
• Oberschweinach (incl. Stöckach)
• Schauerheim (incl. Hasenlohe and Virnsbergerhaag)
• Schellert
• Unternesselbach

Notable people

Born in Neustadt

• Elias Levita (1469 in Neustadt an der Aisch or Ipsheim; 1549 in Venice; in fact Eliyahu ben Asher Ha-Levi), translator, humanist, Hebrew grammarian, Yiddish writer.^[4]
• Johannes Gramann (also: Poliander, 1487–1541 in Königsberg), Protestant Reformer and poet of chants
• Sevilla
  ), merchant, in cooperation with Jacob and Hans Cromberger founder of the Deutscher Amerikahandel
• Goethe in Weimar, of the Friedenskirche (church) in Jena and the Kreuzkirche (church) in Eisenach
• Adolf Scherzer [de] (1815–1864), composer of the Bayerischer Defiliermarsch
• Werner Dollinger (1918–2008), German politician (CSU), member of the Bundestag (1953–1990), treasury secretary (1962–1966), minister of postal services and telecommunication (1966–1969), minister of transport (1982–1987)
• Armin Schwarz (born 1963), German rally driver
• Julian Gressel (born 1993), football player
• Niklas Stark (born 1995), football player

Honorary citizens

• Paul von Hindenburg (1847–1934), Generalfeldmarschall and President of the German Reich, since 30 March 1933
• Max Döllner [de] (1874-1959), Oberregierungsrat and Obermedizinalrat, documentarist of his country, since 26 March 1954
• Werner Dollinger (1918–2008), German politician (CSU), since 10 October 1978

People otherwise associated with Neustadt an der Aisch

• Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg (born 1414 in Tangermünde; died 1486 in Frankfurt/Main
  ), Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg, he also ruled the Principality of Ansbach
• Hof
• Peter Kolb (born 1675 in Dörflas, today district of Marktredwitz; died 1726 in Neustadt an der Aisch), teacher and ethnologist
• Jean Paul (born 1763 in Wunsiedel; died 1825 in Bayreuth; in fact Johann Paul Friedrich Richter), author
• Hans W. Geißendörfer (born 1941 in Augsburg), film director, author and producer
• Guido Knopp (born 1948 in Treysa, today's town district of Schwalmstadt), historian, author and journalist
• Lissy Gröner (born 1954 in Langenfeld; died 2019), German politician (SPD), Member of the European Parliament 1989-2009
• Nevio Passaro (born 1981 in Bad Windsheim), German-Italian singer, songwriter and producer
• Augustus Schwaab (1823–1899), architect and civil engineer who emigrated to the United States

Town twinning

Montespertoli (Italy), since 1992 Hino (Japan), since 1997 Hluboká nad Vltavou (Frauenberg) (Czech Republic), since 1997 Lipik (Croatia), since 1998 Member of the working group Neustadt in Europa, in which 34 towns (as of August 2005) with the name "Neustadt" located in Germany, Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia confederate.

References

External links

• official home page of Neustadt an der Aisch
• Webcam of the market place.
• informations for genealogists in GenWiki.

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