Bad Neustadt an der Saale
Bad Neustadt an der Saale, officially Bad Neustadt a. d. Saale[3] and frequently simply called Bad Neustadt, is a town in northern Bavaria, Germany. It is the capital of Rhön-Grabfeld in Lower Franconia. It is on the rivers Fränkische Saale and Brend, near the Rhön Mountains, 30 km north of Schweinfurt, and 47 km southeast of Fulda.
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Bad Neustadt an der Saale within Rhön-Grabfeld district | |
| Coordinates: 50°19′19″N 10°12′58″E / 50.32194°N 10.21611°ECoordinates: 50°19′19″N 10°12′58″E / 50.32194°N 10.21611°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Bavaria |
| Admin. region | Lower Franconia |
| District | Rhön-Grabfeld |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–26) | Michael Werner[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 36.79 km2 (14.20 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 242 m (794 ft) |
| Population (2016-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 15,334 |
| • Density | 416.80/km2 (1,079.50/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 97616 |
| Vehicle registration | NES |
| Website | bad-neustadt |
Town structure
Between 1972 and 1978 some originally separate villages were combined together administratively and became part of Bad Neustadt. So today Bad Neustadt has the following Stadtteile (parts of the town):
- Old town of Bad Neustadt (1,858)
- Western part of Bad Neustadt (2,515)
- Gartenstadt (2,235)
- Brendlorenzen (4,390)
- Dürrnhof (291)
- Herschfeld (2,716)
- Lebenhan (492)
- Löhrieth (288)
- Mühlbach (972)
(Number of residents in brackets)
Neustadt in Europe and twin towns and cities
In 1979 Bad Neustadt founded a community of all towns called Neustadt (new town). Today 34 towns of 5 different countries are members of this project Neustadt in Europe. Bad Neustadt is the only Neustadt with the prefix Bad (spa town).
Bad Neustadt has the following twin towns:
Falaise, France
Pershore, Great Britain
Cerro Maggiore, Italy
Oberhof, Germany
Oberpullendorf, Austria
Bílovec, Czech Republic- Israel
Other websites
Media related to Bad Neustadt an der Saale at Wikimedia Commons
Bad Neustadt an der Saale travel guide from Wikivoyage
References
- ↑ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.
- ↑ "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). January 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Impressum". bad-neustadt.de (in Deutsch). Retrieved 13 May 2021.