Neuburg an der Donau, literally Neuburg on the Danube River

Danube

The Danube is a river in the Central Europe and the Europe's second longest river after the Volga. It is classified as an international waterway....

, is a town which is the capital of the Neuburg-Schrobenhausen

Neuburg-Schrobenhausen

Neuburg-Schrobenhausen is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Pfaffenhofen, Aichach-Friedberg, Donau-Ries and Eichstätt, and by the city of Ingolstadt.-History:...

 district in the state of Bavaria

Bavaria

Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...

 in Germany

Germany

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.

Divisions

The municipality has 16 divisions:

Altmannstetten Bergen, Neuburg Bergen, Neuburg Bergen is a village near Neuburg an der Donau, in Neuburg-Schrobenhausen, in Oberbayern, in Bavaria. The place is known locally as Baring. It is part of the municipality of Neuburg an der Donau.-Sights:... Bittenbrunn Bruck Feldkirchen Gietlhausen

Hardt Heinrichsheim Herrenwörth Hessellohe Joshofen

Marienheim Maxweiler Laisacker Sehensand Zell

History

Neuburg was the capital of Palatinate-Neuburg

Palatinate-Neuburg

Palatinate-Neuburg is a former territory of the Holy Roman Empire, founded in 1505. Its capital was Neuburg an der Donau. Its area was about 2,750 km², with a population of some 100,000.-History:...

. On 30 June 1972, Neuburg an der Donau became a Grosse Kreisstadt (similar to a county seat).

Main sights

Neuburg an der Donau has a defensive wall

Defensive wall

A defensive wall is a fortification used to protect a city or settlement from potential aggressors. In ancient to modern times, they were used to enclose settlements...

 around the old town. The old town contains some well worth seeing institutions and happenings, such as the 'Birdland Jazz Club Neuburg', one of the best locations for jazz auditions in Germany.

The Renaissance

Renaissance architecture

Renaissance architecture is the architecture of the period between the early 15th and early 17th centuries in different regions of Europe, demonstrating a conscious revival and development of certain elements of ancient Greek and Roman thought and material culture. Stylistically, Renaissance...

 Ducal Palace (Pfalz-Neuburger Residenzschloss), Neuburg Castle, which was built 1530-45 under Otto Henry, Elector Palatine

Otto Henry, Elector Palatine

Otto-Henry, Elector Palatine, a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty was Count Palatine of Palatinate-Neuburg from 1505 to 1559 and prince elector of the Palatinate from 1556 to 1559...

 and took on its present-day form during the reign of Philip William, Elector Palatine, today houses several museums including a Baroque gallery of the Bavarian State Picture Collection

Bavarian State Picture Collection

The Bavarian State Picture Collections , based in Munich, oversees the collections of artworks held by the Free State of Bavaria. Works include paintings, sculpture, prints, photographs, video art and installation art...

 and the Archäologie-Museum Schloss Neuburg an der Donau (Neuburg an der Donau Castle Archaeology Museum), a branch of the Bavarian State Archaeological Collection

Bavarian State Archaeological Collection

The Bavarian State Archaeological Collection in Munich is the central museum of prehistory of the State of Bavaria and one of the most important archaeological collections and cultural history museums in Germany.-History:...

. To the other main sights belong also the late Renaissance court church Hofkirche (1607/08 built by Josef Heintz), the Town Hall (1603/09), the rococo

Rococo

Rococo , also referred to as "Late Baroque", is an 18th-century style which developed as Baroque artists gave up their symmetry and became increasingly ornate, florid, and playful...

 Provinzialbibliothek (Provincial Library, 1731/32) and the baroque

Baroque

The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...

 churches of St. Peter (1641/46) and St. Ursula (1700/01). Grünau is a renaissance hunting lodge of Elector Otto Henry, which is situated 7 km further east.

Partner cities

Neuburg an der Donau is twinned with: Sète

Sète

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, France Jeseník

Jeseník

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, Czech Republic

Neuburg an der Donau is linked with:

• Hamburg
  Hamburg
  -History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
  
  , Germany

Neuburg an der Donau was part of the 1998 summit

Summit (meeting)

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 of worldwide cities named "new castle" with:

• Neuchâtel, Switzerland
• Neufchâteau
  Neufchâteau, Vosges
  Neufchâteau is a commune in the Vosges department in Lorraine in northeastern France.Inhabitants are called Néocastriens.-Geography:Positioned at the confluence of the Rivers Meuse and Mouzon, the little town dominates the Vosges Plain...
  
  , France
• New Castle, Indiana
  New Castle, Indiana
  As of the census of 2000, there were 17,780 people, 7,462 households, and 4,805 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,987.5 people per square mile . There were 8,042 housing units at an average density of 1,351.3 per square mile...
  
  , USA
• New Castle, Pennsylvania
  New Castle, Pennsylvania
  New Castle is a city in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States, northwest of Pittsburgh and near the Pennsylvania-Ohio border just east of Youngstown, Ohio; in 1910, the total population was 36,280; in 1920, 44,938; and in 1940, 47,638. The population has fallen to 26,309 according to the...
  
  , USA
• Newcastle, South Africa
• Newcastle-under-Lyme
  Newcastle-under-Lyme
  Newcastle-under-Lyme is a market town in Staffordshire, England, and is the principal town of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme. It is part of The Potteries Urban Area and North Staffordshire. In the 2001 census the town had a population of 73,944...
  
  , UK
• Shinshiro, Japan

Notable people

• The Bavarian Major General and War Minister Eduard Ritter von Lutz
  Eduard von Lutz
  Eduard Ritter von Lutz was a Bavarian Major General and War Minister under Maximilian II of Bavaria and under Ludwig II of Bavaria.- Biography :...
  
   (1810–1893) was born in Neuburg.
• Film producer and director Bernd Eichinger
  Bernd Eichinger
  Bernd Eichinger was a German film producer and director.- Life and career :Eichinger was born in Neuburg an der Donau. He attended the University of Television and Film Munich in the 1970s, and bought a stake in the fledgling studio company Neue Constantin Film in 1979, becoming its executive...
  
  (1949-2011) was born in Neuburg

External links

• www.neuburg-donau.de — official website
• Birdland Jazz Club Neuburg
• http://www.cybercastle.org — summit of cities named "new castle"
• photographs of Neuburg an der Donau