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North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. It is located 50 km east of Cologne
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
. It is part of the Berg region.
First naming
In 1301 the place became the first time in a document The Drost Rutger of the Brandenburg March of Altena mentions namely „It begins with the construction of the Niestat ". an outpost of the Brandenburg March should be against the Cologne archbishop. In addition the same rights were conceded of the new "Veste" soon already like LüdenscheidLüdenscheid
Lüdenscheid is a town in the Märkischer Kreis district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the Sauerland region. Lüdenscheid is seat of the administration of the Märkischer Kreis district...
. The manner of writing of the first naming was "Niestat".
Chronik
In 13 May 1301, Servatius day, began of the Droste Rutger of Altena by order of the count Eberhard II of the marks with the construction of the town castle of Nyestadt in Sauerland of the Brandenburg March in the area of the district Wiedenau which was a part of the parish Wiedenest.Mountain new town belongs with Wipperfürth, Lüdenscheid and Lennep in the circle of the sovereign town foundations of the 13th century in the space bergisch of the Brandenburg March. In the purely rural scenery in which the slightest attempts of an urban development did not exist count Eberhard II let in the most southern corner of his county build a town castle. She took over the function of the border guard compared with the counties mountain and Sayn-Homburg as well as compared with the cure kölnischen Sauerland. This sudden foundation of the castle spot is to be understood only from the force play of the territorial sovereignties out.
For various reasons this small town was almost covered in the first centuries with sovereign privileges and urban functions, for example, town jurisdiction, seat Vogtei-and Femegerichts, wall right and market right. The freedoms lasted to the citizens were exemplary. The military, administrative and judicial duties as well as the blossoming economic life of the town (arch support and processing to makes with partly own trade mark, Geschützen and hook tins, charcoal production, wide-branched commercial relations) caused an excellent position and radiation after the Aggerland.
A Mercator map from 1575 shows rather impressively like the town castle on the mountain spur in the Dörspetal procure was. Castle house with corner tower, the donjon and the central steeple (capella Saint Johannis) controlled the townscape. Double curtain walls and two massive gates protected against undesirable intruders. A contemplative way over Wallstrasse, the high street and by the moat open to the expert viewer still today the look in the medieval fabric of the town.
From 1610 to 1818 the town by political power movements suffered conditioned legal losses. The Thirty Years' War left his tracks, the plague in the years 1634/36 heaped the inhabitants away, disastrous conflagrations led in 1717 and 1742 to gigantic losses and about 1800 it came to the breakdown of the iron trade. Poverty and misery controlled the town and his inhabitants. Only slowly one recovered from the setbacks and reached to new forces. The construction of major roads about 1830 and the railway line established from 1896 to 1903 Siegburg or Köln-Olpe helped the town to new life and released them from her provincial seclusion. The home textile industry made a name to itself in the 19th century.
Since 1950 mountain new town experiences a strong industrial growth. Car industry, paper treatment, metal treatment and plastic treatment as well as mechanical engineering continue the tradition of the flourishing commercial relations.
Older than the mainvillage are Wiedenest (1154), Altenothe (1237), Belmicke (1296); they all are a part of Bergneustadt since 1969. The "Bonte Kerk" (coloured church) in Wiedenest dates from the 11th century and is one the most beautiful churches in North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...
.
Bergneustadt is by many regarded the best city to live in Oberberg.
As of 2011, Bergneustadt has the most drunk persons in Oberberg (as quoted by the mayor).
Neighbouring cities
| North: Gummersbach Gummersbach Gummersbach is a city in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, being the district seat of the Oberbergischer Kreis. It is located 50 km east of Cologne. In the past it was nicknamed "the Lime Tree Town", because lime trees lined the main street... |
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| West: Gummersbach Gummersbach Gummersbach is a city in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, being the district seat of the Oberbergischer Kreis. It is located 50 km east of Cologne. In the past it was nicknamed "the Lime Tree Town", because lime trees lined the main street... |
Bergneustadt | East: Drolshagen Drolshagen Drolshagen is a town belonging to the district of Olpe in the Regierungsbezirk of Arnsberg in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, lying roughly 5 km west of Olpe.- Location :... |
| South: Reichshof Reichshof Reichshof is a Northrhine-Westfalian municipality in the Oberbergischer Kreis in Germany, about 40 km east of Cologne. It is a health resort, known for its good climate.-General meaning:... |
Districts
Belmicke
It is located 8.4 km E of Bergneustadt and is in the easternmost district. The area was first time named in 1296 as Belmiche.| Population (12/31/2003): | 425 | |
| Elevation: | 415 – 435 m | |
| Area code: | 02261 | |
Pernze
It is located 4 km NW of Bergneustadt. It is accessible by B 55Bundesstraße
Bundesstraße , abbreviated B, is the denotation for German and Austrian national highways.-Germany:...
. The settlement was founded as Pernswede.
| Population (12/31/2003): | 1,048 | |
| Elevation | 300 m | |
| Area code: | 02261 and 02763 (Drolshagen Drolshagen Drolshagen is a town belonging to the district of Olpe in the Regierungsbezirk of Arnsberg in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, lying roughly 5 km west of Olpe.- Location :... -Bleche) |
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Wiedenest
Located 3.2 km NE of Bergneustadt and is also accessible by B 55Bundesstraße
Bundesstraße , abbreviated B, is the denotation for German and Austrian national highways.-Germany:...
. It was founded in 1154 as Wiedennest. It is in the central district of the municipal area.
| Population (12/31/2003): | 3,084 | |
| Elevation: | 250 – 300 m | |
| Area code: | 02261 | |
Politics
Bergneustadt has a youth council which allows the council to participate in decision-making for the city.The coat of arms
The arms were granted on December 24, 1876.The town developed around a castle built in 1301 by Rüttger von Altena ordered by Earl Eberhard II of the Mark. The oldest seals of the city date from the middle of the 14th century and already show the present arms. The upper part of the arms shows the arms of the Counts of the Mark
Mark (county)
The County of Mark was a county and state of the Holy Roman Empire in the Lower Rhenish-Westphalian Circle. It lay on both sides of the Ruhr River along the Volme and Lenne Rivers....
, the lower part the older arms of the (oldest) Counts of Berg, from which the Counts of the Mark descended. From 1922-1969 the city used a mural crown
Mural crown
-Usage in ancient times:In Hellenistic culture, a mural crown identified the goddess Tyche, the embodiment of the fortune of a city, familiar to Romans as Fortuna...
on the arms.
Historical buildings
- In the district Wiedenest stands a "colored church" with colorful medievalMiddle AgesThe Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...
paintings at the ceiling.
Banks
- Savings bank Gummersbach-Bergneustadt with four offices (city centre, district Stadtwald, district Wiedenest, district Pernze)
- Deutsche BankDeutsche BankDeutsche Bank AG is a global financial service company with its headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany. It employs more than 100,000 people in over 70 countries, and has a large presence in Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific and the emerging markets...
with one office - Volksbank Oberberg e.V. with one office
Schools
- "Gemeinschaftsgrundschule Bergneustadt 'Auf dem Bursten' " (primary school)
- "Katholische Grundschule Bergneustadt" (catholic primary school)
- "Gemeinschaftsgrundschule Bergneustadt-Hackenberg" (primary school)
- "Gemeinschaftsgrundschule Bergneustadt-Wiedenest" (primary school)
- "Wüllenweber GymnasiumGymnasium (school)A gymnasium is a type of school providing secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English grammar schools or sixth form colleges and U.S. college preparatory high schools. The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, meaning a locality for both physical and intellectual...
" (grammar school/high school Bergneustadt) - "Städtische RealschuleRealschuleThe Realschule is a type of secondary school in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein. It has also existed in Croatia , Denmark , Sweden , Hungary and in the Russian Empire .-History:The Realschule was an outgrowth of the rationalism and empiricism of the seventeenth and...
Bergneustadt" (city secondary school) - "GemeinschaftshauptschuleHauptschuleA Hauptschule is a secondary school in Germany and Austria, starting after 4 years of elementary schooling, which offers Lower Secondary Education according to the International Standard Classification of Education...
" (general school Bergneustadt)
Protestant parishes and churches
- Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Bergneustadt (Lutheran denominationLutheranismLutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the theology of Martin Luther, a German reformer. Luther's efforts to reform the theology and practice of the church launched the Protestant Reformation...
) with
• Altstadtkirche (17th century)
• Versöhnerkirche, district Stadtwald (1966)
• Gemeindecentrum Hackenberg (1976) - Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Wiedenest (Lutheran denominationLutheranismLutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the theology of Martin Luther, a German reformer. Luther's efforts to reform the theology and practice of the church launched the Protestant Reformation...
) with churches in
• Wiedenest (Bunte Kerk, 11th century)
• Neuenothe (chapelChapelA chapel is a building used by Christians as a place of fellowship and worship. It may be part of a larger structure or complex, such as a church, college, hospital, palace, prison or funeral home, located on board a military or commercial ship, or it may be an entirely free-standing building,...
, 1960s)
• Pernze (1960s)
Roman-Catholic parishes and churches
- Roman Catholic parish Saint Stephanus, Bergneustadt
- Roman Catholic parish Saint Matthias, Hackenberg
- Roman Catholic parish Saint Anna, Belmicke, with a chapel in Wiedenest/Pernze
Evangelical parishes
- Evangelisch-freikirchliche Gemeinden (Brüdergemeinden)Open BrethrenThe Open Brethren, sometimes called Christian Brethren or "Plymouth Brethren", are a group of Protestant Evangelical Christian churches that arose in the late 1820s as part of the Assembly Movement...
Wiedenest - Evangelisch-freikirchliche Gemeinden (Brüdergemeinden)Open BrethrenThe Open Brethren, sometimes called Christian Brethren or "Plymouth Brethren", are a group of Protestant Evangelical Christian churches that arose in the late 1820s as part of the Assembly Movement...
Hackenberg - Evangelisch-freikirchliche Gemeinde (Baptisten) Bergneustadt, Wilhelmstrasse
- Common BibleBibleThe Bible refers to any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books , their contents and their order vary among denominations...
school - Wiedenest (this is the bible school of the German brethrens) - Christen ohne NamenExclusive BrethrenThe Exclusive Brethren are a subset of the Christian evangelical movement generally described as the Plymouth Brethren. They are distinguished from the Open Brethren from whom they separated in 1848....
(= Christians without a name) - EcclesiaExclusive BrethrenThe Exclusive Brethren are a subset of the Christian evangelical movement generally described as the Plymouth Brethren. They are distinguished from the Open Brethren from whom they separated in 1848....
Associations
- TV Bergneustadt (different sports, e.g. handball, gymnastics, karate)
- Chess association Bergneustadt/Derschlag
- Stamp collector's association Bergneustadt
- Baris Spor Hackenberg (footballFootball (soccer)Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
) - SSV Bergneustadt (football)
- Bodyguard (kickboxing, Thai-boxing, boxing, yoga)
- Table tennis association "Schwalbe" Bergneustadt ("Schwalbe" being the main sponsor)
- Soar club Bergneustadt
- German Red CrossGerman Red CrossThe German Red Cross , or the DRK, is the national Red Cross Society in Germany.With over 4.5 million members, it is the third largest Red Cross society in the world. The German Red Cross offers a wide range of services within and outside Germany...
Bergneustadt - HSG Bergneustadt-Gummersbach
- BSV (swimming)
- THWTechnisches HilfswerkThe Bundesanstalt Technisches Hilfswerk is a civil protection organisation controlled by the German federal government...
-Bergneustadt - The Voices (choir with newer repertoire)
Economy
The city's major employer is Innomotive Systems Europe GmbH (briefly called ISE) - a supplier of the automotive industry which is specialized in the development and production of innovative structural and safety systems for automobiles.Population
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Road
Bergneustadt is connected to the German Autobahn-Network ("Motorway network") by a feeder road between the city centre and the A4 (exit No. 26).The Bundesstraße
Bundesstraße
Bundesstraße , abbreviated B, is the denotation for German and Austrian national highways.-Germany:...
("Federal Road") B55 runs through the city centre, through the district Wiedenest and along the district Pernze. It connects the town with the cities Gummersbach
Gummersbach
Gummersbach is a city in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, being the district seat of the Oberbergischer Kreis. It is located 50 km east of Cologne. In the past it was nicknamed "the Lime Tree Town", because lime trees lined the main street...
(in the West) and Drolshagen
Drolshagen
Drolshagen is a town belonging to the district of Olpe in the Regierungsbezirk of Arnsberg in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, lying roughly 5 km west of Olpe.- Location :...
(in the East).
Public transport
At the bus stop Graf-Eberhard-Platz in the city centre are stopping the following bus lines:- No. 301 : GummersbachGummersbachGummersbach is a city in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, being the district seat of the Oberbergischer Kreis. It is located 50 km east of Cologne. In the past it was nicknamed "the Lime Tree Town", because lime trees lined the main street...
—- Bergneustadt —- OlpeOlpe, GermanyOlpe is situated in the foothills of the Ebbegebirge in North Rhine-Westphalia, roughly 60 km east of Cologne and 20 km northwest of Siegen. It is part of the Regierungsbezirk of Arnsberg and is the seat of the district of Olpe.- Location :... - No. 313 : Bergneustadt (city centre) —- Attenbach
- No. 314 : Bergneustadt (city centre) —- Hackenberg (district)
- No. 315 : Bergneustadt (city centre) —- Stadtwald (district)
Air transport
There is an airfield with a 600 m (1968.5 ft) long grass airstrip in the district Auf dem Dümpel.Planes with one motor and a maximal weight of 3,400 pounds and helicopters with a maximal weight of 11,400 pounds are allowed to alight.
Town Twinnings
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Châtenay-MalabryChâtenay-MalabryChâtenay-Malabry is a commune in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 10.8 km from the center of Paris.The commune includes the valley la vallée aux loups with green forests and pretty houses including the estate of French writer Chateaubriand. It also includes the Butte...
, F, 1967 -
LandsmeerLandsmeerLandsmeer is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.-Population centres :The municipality of Landsmeer consists of the three villages: Den Ilp, Landsmeer, Purmerland.- Local government :...
, NL, seit 1968
- Châtenay-Malabry and Landsmeer are also twinned since 1986
- „Arbeitsgemeinschaft Neustadt in Europa“ (see the germane Wikipedia: „Neustadt in Europa“)
Persons
- Friedhelm Julius Beucher, politician, member of the BundestagBundestagThe Bundestag is a federal legislative body in Germany. In practice Germany is governed by a bicameral legislature, of which the Bundestag serves as the lower house and the Bundesrat the upper house. The Bundestag is established by the German Basic Law of 1949, as the successor to the earlier...
(Federal Diet) from 20 December 1990 to 17 October 2002 - Anja Harteros, opera singer
- Horst Janzen, painter