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Neumünster () is a city in the middle of

Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Sc ...

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. With more than 79,000 registered inhabitants, it is the fourth-largest municipality in

(behind

Kiel Kiel () is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 246,243 (2021). Kiel lies approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the southeast of the Jutland ...

Lübeck Lübeck (; Low German also ), officially the Hanseatic City of Lübeck (german: Hansestadt Lübeck), is a city in Northern Germany. With around 217,000 inhabitants, Lübeck is the second-largest city on the German Baltic coast and in the state ...

and

Flensburg Flensburg (; Danish, Low Saxon: ''Flensborg''; North Frisian: ''Flansborj''; South Jutlandic: ''Flensborre'') is an independent town (''kreisfreie Stadt'') in the north of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Flensburg is the centre of the ...

History

The city was first formally mentioned as ''Wippendorp im Gau Faldera'' in 1127. In that year, the Bishop

Vicelinus Vicelinus (also ''Vicelin'', german: Vizelin; 1086 – December 12, 1154) was a German bishop of Oldenburg in Holstein who was considered the apostle of Holstein. Also known as – Apostle of Obodriten, of the Wends, Vicelinus, Vincelin, Vizel ...

was sent there by the

Archbishop of Bremen This list records the bishops of the Roman Catholic diocese of Bremen (german: link=no, Bistum Bremen), supposedly a suffragan of the Archbishopric of Cologne, then of the bishops of Bremen, who were in personal union archbishops of Hamburg (sim ...

to perform missionary work. By 1136, Vicelinus built a new monastery there (

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: ''novum monasterium,'' Greco-Latin'': Neomonasterium,''

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'': neues Kloster'' or ''neues Münster''). The name "Novum monasterium" eventually replaced the previous names of Wippendorf and Faldera and led to the current name. In April 1870, Neumünster received

town privileges Town privileges or borough rights were important features of European towns during most of the second millennium. The city law customary in Central Europe probably dates back to Italian models, which in turn were oriented towards the traditio ...

. Since 1903 Neumünster is a so-called "

independent city An independent city or independent town is a city or town that does not form part of another general-purpose local government entity (such as a province). Historical precursors In the Holy Roman Empire, and to a degree in its successor states ...

" (German: ''Kreisfreie Stadt'') as it is not part of a district (German: ''Kreis''). Großflecken (

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: Large spot), a large, centrally-located street and public space in the city, became a place for civil unrest several times. In March 1848, riots broke out at Großflecken as part of the

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and again in 1923 during a period of inflation. The city was protested by the

Rural People's Movement The Rural People's Movement (german: Landvolkbewegung) was a farmers' protest movement in northern Germany from 1928 to 1933. Due to an agricultural crisis, demonstrations took place in numerous towns and cities in early 1928, and deputations wer ...

as part of a farmers' protest movement in northern Germany from 1928 to 1933, which was the basis for

Hans Fallada Hans Fallada (; born Rudolf Wilhelm Friedrich Ditzen; 21 July 18935 February 1947) was a German writer of the first half of the 20th century. Some of his better known novels include '' Little Man, What Now?'' (1932) and '' Every Man Dies Alone'' ...

's novel ''A Small Circus (Bauern, Bonzen und Bomben).'' The city's

Hans Fallada Prize The Hans Fallada Prize is a German literary prize given by the city of Neumünster in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Since 1981 it typically awarded every two years to a young author from the German-speaking world. It is named in honor o ...

is named after him. The Schleswig-Holstein

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was founded in 1925 by

Hinrich Lohse Hinrich Lohse (2 September 1896 – 25 February 1964) was a Nazi German politician and a convicted war criminal, best known for his rule of the Reichskommissariat Ostland, during World War II. Reichskommissariat Ostland now comprises Lithuania, La ...

. The local Nazi Party group of Neumünster met at ''Hofbräu München,'' a brewery at Großflecken''.'' In 1926,

Joseph Goebbels Paul Joseph Goebbels (; 29 October 1897 – 1 May 1945) was a German Nazi politician who was the '' Gauleiter'' (district leader) of Berlin, chief propagandist for the Nazi Party, and then Reich Minister of Propaganda from 1933 to ...

spoke to the local members there. In 1929 there were reportedly 29 members of the local Nazi Party group, but this number increased to 400 members a year later and to over 2,000 members by 1932. Shortly after the

Nazi seizure of power Adolf Hitler's rise to power began in the newly established Weimar Republic in September 1919 when Hitler joined the '' Deutsche Arbeiterpartei'' (DAP; German Workers' Party). He rose to a place of prominence in the early years of the party. Be ...

, Großflecken was renamed to Adolf-Hitler-Platz (English: Adolf Hitler Place). On

Kristallnacht () or the Night of Broken Glass, also called the November pogrom(s) (german: Novemberpogrome, ), was a pogrom against Jews carried out by the Nazi Party's (SA) paramilitary and (SS) paramilitary forces along with some participation fro ...

in 1938, all Jewish men were arrested and sent to

KZ Sachsenhausen Sachsenhausen () or Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg was a German Nazi concentration camp in Oranienburg, Germany, used from 1936 until April 1945, shortly before the defeat of Nazi Germany in May later that year. It mainly held political prisoners ...

. During

World War 2 World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

, Neumünster was bombed multiple times by Allied forces in 1945, partly because of its importance as a railway junction and industrial city. The British took control of the City in May 1945. In the fall of 1946, the state of Schleswig-Holstein was founded and post-war Neumünster held its first municipal election. Neumünster used to be a hub for the textile industry, with its first fulling mill going back to 1566. However, the industry eventually left the city due to competition from overseas and Neumünster's last cloth factory closed in the beginning of the 1990s. This, among other reasons, has led to Neumünster having a relatively high rate of unemployment in recent decades compared to nationwide averages. In 2012,

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opened a designer outlet shopping center in the industrial section of the city, using approximately 15,000 square meters.

Current infrastructure

Neumünster station is a major railway junction with lines running in six (formerly seven) directions, including the important Hamburg-Altona–Kiel and Neumünster–Flensburg lines. Near Neumünster at

Ehndorf Ehndorf is a municipality in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. References

Municipalities in Schleswig-Holstein Rendsburg-Eckernförde {{RendsburgEckernförde-geo-stub ...

, there is a high-power

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transmission facility for transmitting the programmes of

Deutschlandfunk Deutschlandfunk (DLF, ''Broadcast Germany'') is a public-broadcasting radio station in Germany, concentrating on news and current affairs. It is one of the four national radio channels produced by Deutschlandradio. History Broadcasting in the ...

, the

Ehndorf transmitter Ehndorf transmitter was a mediumwave radio transmission mast located at Ehndorf, a village west of Neumünster in Schleswig-Holstein, Federal Republic of Germany. Owned by Deutsche Telekom, until 1978 the facility broadcast Deutschlandfunk on 12 ...

, which is often named incorrectly as "Neumünster transmitter". The city has an airfield and a hospital. The utility company, "Stadtwerke Neumünster" (SWN), also manages local inter-city bus routes. In 2022, SWN ended all its inter-city bus service for Sundays and holidays, instead offering an on-demand shuttle van requiring an additional "comfort surcharge" on top of regular bus fares. The city is divided into nine neighborhoods: Böcklersiedlung-Bugenhagen, Brachenfeld-Rutenberg, Einfeld, Faldera, Gadeland, Gartenstadt, Stadtmitte, Tungendorf and Wittorf.

Geography

Neumünster is located at river

Schwale The Schwale is an approximately 16 kilometer long river in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The origin is in the district Segeberg close to Gönnebek, the confluence with the Stör is in the independent town Neumünster. In the centre of Neumün ...

, near the geographical center of Schleswig-Holstein, south of

, north of

Hamburg Hamburg (, ; nds, label=Hamburg German, Low Saxon, Hamborg ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (german: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg; nds, label=Low Saxon, Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg),. is the List of cities in Germany by popul ...

and west of

. The

Aukrug Nature Park The Aukrug Nature Park (german: Naturpark Aukrug) is a nature park in north Germany with an area of . It lies in the centre of the state of Schleswig-Holstein in the region of Holstein (districts of Rendsburg-Eckernförde and Steinburg). It is spo ...

is close to the town.

Politics

Mayor

The current mayor of Neumünster is Tobias Bergmann of the

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties For ...

(SPD). The most recent mayoral election was held on 9 May 2021, with a runoff held on 30 May, and the results were as follows: ! rowspan=2 colspan=2, Candidate ! rowspan=2, Party ! colspan=2, First round ! colspan=2, Second round , - ! Votes ! % ! Votes ! % , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Olaf Taurus , align=left,

Independent Independent or Independents may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups * Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s * Independe ...

( CDU) , 10,315 , 40.6 , 9,857 , 49.2 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Tobias Bergmann , align=left,

, 6,834 , 26.9 , 10,194 , 50.8 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Sven Radestock , align=left,

Alliance 90/The Greens Alliance 90/The Greens (german: Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, ), often simply referred to as the Greens ( ), is a green political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 as the merger of The Greens (formed in West Germany in 1980) and Alliance 90 (for ...

, 5,649 , 22.3 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Memet Celik , align=left,

, 1,799 , 7.1 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Mark Proch , align=left, National Democratic Party , 786 , 3.1 , - ! colspan=3, Valid votes ! 25,383 ! 99.1 ! 20,051 ! 99.4 , - ! colspan=3, Invalid votes ! 233 ! 0.9 ! 112 ! 0.6 , - ! colspan=3, Total ! 25,616 ! 100.0 ! 20,163 ! 100.0 , - ! colspan=3, Electorate/voter turnout ! 64,345 ! 39.8 ! 64,344 ! 31.3 , - , colspan=7, Source: City of Neumünster
1st round2nd round

List of mayors and Lord mayors

In 1870 Neumünster received the town privileges. * 1870–1894: Eduard Schlichting * 1894–1919: Max Röer * 1919–1933: Detlef Schmidt * 1933–1945: Max Stahmer (NSDAP (Nazi Party)) * 1945–1946: Gustav Bärwald (Oberstadtdirektor) * 1946–1948: Ludolf Behnke (CDU) * 1948–1950: Hugo Voß (SPD) * 1950–1970: Walther Lehmkuhl (SPD) * 1970–1988: Uwe Harder (SPD) * 1988–1991: Franz-Josef Pröpper (SPD) * 1991–2009: Hartmut Unterlehberg (SPD) * 2009–2021: Olaf Tauras (CDU) *2021–present: Tobias Bergmann (SPD)

City council

The Neumünster city council governs the city alongside the Mayor. The most recent city council election was held on 6 May 2018, and the results were as follows: ! colspan=2, Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Christian Democratic Union (CDU) , 7,665 , 34.0 , 2.5 , 15 , 1 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left,

(SPD) , 6,163 , 27.4 , 6.6 , 12 , 2 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left,

(Grüne) , 3,686 , 16.4 , 3.9 , 7 , 2 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Free Democratic Party (FDP) , 1,318 , 5.9 , 1.7 , 2 , 1 , - , , align=left, Alliance for Citizens in Schleswig-Holstein (BfB) , 1,293 , 5.7 , 0.4 , 2 , ±0 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, The Left (Die Linke) , 959 , 4.3 , 1.3 , 2 , 1 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, National Democratic Party (NPD) , 879 , 3.9 , 2.3 , 2 , 1 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left,

Liberal Conservative Reformers The Liberal Conservative Reformers (german: Liberal-Konservative Reformer, LKR) is a centre-right to right-wing political party in Germany which was known from July 2015 to November 2016 as ALFA. The party was established in July 2015 as a spli ...

(LKR) , 440 , 2.0 , New , 1 , New , - , colspan=7 bgcolor=lightgrey, , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Pirate Party Germany (Piraten) , 120 , 0.5 , 1.5 , 0 , 1 , - ! colspan=2, Valid votes ! 22,523 ! 98.8 ! ! ! , - ! colspan=2, Invalid votes ! 263 ! 1.2 ! ! ! , - ! colspan=2, Total ! 22,786 ! 100.0 ! ! 43 ! ±0 , - ! colspan=2, Electorate/voter turnout ! 64,839 ! 35.1 ! 4.7 ! ! , - , colspan=7, Source: City of Neumünster

Population development

Twin towns – sister cities

Neumünster is twinned with: *

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, England, United Kingdom *

Koszalin Koszalin (pronounced ; csb, Kòszalëno; formerly german: Köslin, ) is a city in northwestern Poland, in Western Pomerania. It is located south of the Baltic Sea coast, and intersected by the river Dzierżęcinka. Koszalin is also a county-sta ...

, Poland *

Parchim Parchim (; Mecklenburgisch: ''Parchen'') is a town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is the capital of the Ludwigslust-Parchim district. It was the birthplace of Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, to whom a monument was erected in 1876. Foun ...

, Germany

Notable people

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(1086–1154), Apostle of Holstein and Bishop of Oldenburg *

Ernst Eduard Hudemann Ernst Eduard Hudemann (15 November 1811, Neumünster – 21 December 1889, Plön) was a German educator, philologist and classical historian. He studied philology at the University of Kiel, afterwards working in Kiel as a ''Hülfslehrer'' (te ...

(1811–1889), educator, philologist and classical historian *

Eduard Sachau Carl Eduard Sachau (20 July 1845 – 17 September 1930) was a German orientalist. He taught Josef Horovitz and Eugen Mittwoch. Biography He studied oriental languages at the Universities of Kiel and Leipzig, obtaining his PhD at Halle in 1867 ...

(1845–1930), orientalist * Rudolf Bülck (1880−1954), librarian *

Karl Schlabow Karl Schlabow (27 April 1891 – 30 September 1984) was a German archaeologist, museum director and conservator with specialisations in textiles and in restoration of bog bodies. He founded the Neumünster Textile Museum. Since his death, his ...

(1891–1984), archaeologist, museum director and conservator * Walter Bartram (1893–1971), former Minister President of Schleswig-Holstein * Hans Schnoor (1893–1976), musicologist * Fritz C. Mauch (1905–1940), film editor and assistant director * Eduard Müller (1911–1943), Catholic priest, one of the Lübeck martyrs * Herbert Martin Hagen (1913–1999), SS Stormbolder and convicted war criminal *

Annemarie Auer Annemarie Auer (10 June 1913 - 7 February 2002) was a German author and literary scholar. Life Annemarie Auer was born in Neumünster and grew up in nearby Kiel on Germany's north coast. After the war her father took part in the 1918 Kiel ...

(1913–2002), author and literary scholar * Gerhard Wessel (1913–2002), President of the Federal Intelligence Bureau 1968–1978 *

Horst Mittelstaedt Horst Mittelstaedt (28 April 1923 – 18 February 2016) was a German biologist and cybernetician. Together with Erich von Holst he demonstrated the " Reafference Principle" in 1950 (''Das Reafferenzprinzip'') concerning how an organism is able to ...

(1923–2016), biologist cyberneticist and university lecturer *

Detlev Blanke Detlev Blanke (30 May 1941 – 20 August 2016) was a German Esperantist. He was an interlinguistics lecturer at the Humboldt University of Berlin. He was one of Germany's most active Esperanto philologists and was from 1991 to 2016 both the chair ...

(1941–2016), University lecturer for interlinguistics at the

Humboldt-Universität Berlin Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (german: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a German public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin. It was established by Frederick William III on the initiati ...

* Michael Simon (born 1958), theatre director, opera director and scenic designer *

Thomas Mohr (tenor) Thomas Mohr (born 17 October 1961) is a German operatic tenor and academic voice teacher. He began his career as a baritone, but moved on to heldentenor and has performed roles in all tenor parts of Wagner's ''Der Ring des Nibelungen'' at '' Der ...

(born 1961), tenor and academic teacher *

Christine Haderthauer Christine Haderthauer (née Cuntze, born 11 November 1962) is a German politician and member of the CSU party. She hold several ministerial positions in Bavaria. Haderthauer was born in Neumünster. In October 2007 she was elected Secretary Gen ...

(born 1962), former CSU General Secretary and former Minister of State (Bavarian State Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, Family and Women) *

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(born 1992), German

Green Party A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as social justice, environmentalism and nonviolence. Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation f ...

politician, member and former Vice-President of the Schleswig-Holstein Landtag and current Minister of Social Affairs, Youth, Family, Senior Citizens, Integration and Equality of Schleswig-Holstein

Sport

* Wilf Smith (born 1946), English footballer * Werner Bühse (born 1951), sports shooter * Svenja Schlicht (born 1967), swimmer * Dirk Urban (born 1969), shot putter * Stefan Schnoor (born 1971), footballer *

Gabriel Silberstein Gabriel Silberstein (born 17 October 1974) is a former professional tennis player from Chile. Biography Early career As a junior he was a strong performer and most notably finished runner-up in the boys' doubles with Marcelo Ríos at the 1992 U ...

(born 1974), Chilean tennis player *

Mona Barthel Mona Barthel (born 11 July 1990) is a German tennis player. Barthel has won four singles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as five singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Ci ...

(born 1990), tennis player

References

External links

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