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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 pe ...

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 stat ...

and Flensburg).

History

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

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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 ( English: 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 German revolution and again in 1923 during a period of inflation. The city was protested by the Rural People's Movement 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 is named after him. The Schleswig-Holstein

Nazi Party The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (german: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP), was a far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that created and supported t ...

was founded in 1925 by Hinrich Lohse. 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 Sturmabteilung, (SA) paramilitary and Schutzstaffel, (SS) paramilitary forces along ...

in 1938, all Jewish men were arrested and sent to

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. During World War 2, 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, McArthurGlen Group 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, there is a high-power

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transmission facility for transmitting the programmes of

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, the Ehndorf transmitter, 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, 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 (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,

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( CDU) , 10,315 , 40.6 , 9,857 , 49.2 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Tobias Bergmann , align=left, Social Democratic Party , 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
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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, Social Democratic Party (SPD) , 6,163 , 27.4 , 6.6 , 12 , 2 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left,

(Grüne) , 3,686 , 16.4 , 3.9 , 7 , 2 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left,

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(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 (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

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with: * Gravesham, 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-stat ...

, Poland * Parchim, Germany

Notable people

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* Vicelinus (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'' (t ...

(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 Walter Bartram (21 April 1893 – 29 September 1971) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and former member of the German Bundestag The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet") is the German federal parliament. It is the ...

(1893–1971), former Minister President of Schleswig-Holstein *

Hans Schnoor Hans Schnoor (4 October 1893 – 15 January 1976) was a German musicologist, journalist and music critic. In the late 1950s, he attracted media attention with his denunciation of Arnold Schönberg's ''A Survivor from Warsaw''. living and work ...

(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 Kie ...

(1913–2002), author and literary scholar *

Gerhard Wessel Gerhard Wessel (December 24, 1913 – July 28, 2002) was President of the Bundesnachrichtendienst, Federal Intelligence Bureau from May 1968 to December 1978. He previously served in the Reichswehr (1932–35) and German Army (Wehrmacht), Army, in ...

(1913–2002), President of the Federal Intelligence Bureau 1968–1978 * Horst Mittelstaedt (1923–2016), biologist cyberneticist and university lecturer * Detlev Blanke (1941–2016), University lecturer for interlinguistics at the Humboldt-Universität Berlin * 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 '' De ...

(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 Gene ...

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

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 Werner Bühse (born 27 November 1951) is a German former sports shooter. He competed in the trap event at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XI ...

(born 1951), sports shooter *

Svenja Schlicht Svenja Schlicht (born 26 June 1967 in Neumünster) is a German former swimmer who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () a ...

(born 1967), swimmer *

Dirk Urban Dirk Urban (born 14 January 1969 in Neumünster, Schleswig-Holstein) is a retired German shot putter. His personal best throw was 20.26 metres, achieved in July 1996 in Iffezheim. He won the silver medal at the 1996 European Indoor Championships ...

(born 1969), shot putter *

Stefan Schnoor Stefan Schnoor (born 18 April 1971) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender. Career Schnoor was born in Neumünster. He made his name at Hamburger SV but left the club on a free transfer in 1998 to join Derby Coun ...

(born 1971), footballer * Gabriel Silberstein (born 1974), Chilean tennis player * Mona Barthel (born 1990), tennis player

References

External links

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