Neustadt, Hesse

Neustadt
Town
Coat of arms
Location of Neustadt within Marburg-Biedenkopf district
Location of Neustadt
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Coordinates: 50°51′N 9°7′E / 50.850°N 9.117°E / 50.850; 9.117
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Gießen
District	Marburg-Biedenkopf
Government
• Mayor (2018–24)	Thomas Groll[1] (CDU)
Area
• Total	56.86 km2 (21.95 sq mi)
Highest elevation	300 m (980 ft)
Lowest elevation	240 m (790 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	10,051
• Density	176.8/km2 (457.8/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	35279
Dialling codes	06692
Vehicle registration	MR
Website	www.stadt-neustadt-hessen.de

Neustadt (German pronunciation: [ˈnɔʏʃtat] ⓘ) is a town in the Marburg-Biedenkopf district in Hesse, Germany.

Neustadt lies in the Middle Hessian Bergland ("Highland") at the eastern end of Marburg-Biedenkopf district.

Neustadt borders in the north on the municipality of Gilserberg, in the east on the town of Schwalmstadt and the municipality of Willingshausen (all three in the Schwalm-Eder-Kreis), in the southeast on the municipality of Antrifttal, in the south on the town of Kirtorf (both in the Vogelsbergkreis), and in the west on the town of Stadtallendorf (Marburg-Biedenkopf).

Neustadt, as well as the core municipality known as Neustadt, has centres known as Mengsberg, Momberg and Speckswinkel.

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After municipal elections on 26 March 2006, the town council is arranged thus:

Parties and Voter groups		Share in %	Seats
CDU	Christian Democratic Union	59.9	15
SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	27.6	7
REP	Republicans	6.1	1
FWG	Free Voter municipality	6.4	2
total		100	25

Neustadt's coat of arms, like many throughout western Germany, depicts Saint Martin of Tours cutting off a piece of his cloak for a poor man and the Wheel of Mainz.

"Neustadt in Europe" Labour municipality, 2006

Neustadt is a member of the international town friendship called the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Neustadt in Europa, which as of 2025 had 36 member towns – all named Neustadt – in seven Central European countries.[3]

Junker-Hansen-Turm, Neustadt´s landmark

• Junker-Hansen-Turm (tower), a remainder of a castle built in 1480 by the fortification building master Hans Jakob von Ettlingen; has the world's biggest half-timbered rotunda.

• Official website