Neustadt am Rübenberge ( nds, Niestadt) is a town in the district of Hannover, in

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. At , it is the 9th largest settlement in Germany by area (following

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), though only about 45,000 inhabitants live there. It is in a region known as the Hanoverian Moor Geest.

Boroughs

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Eilvese Eilvese is a borough of Neustadt am Rübenberge in the district of Hanover, Lower Saxony in Germany. It had a population of 1626 in 2021. Transportation Eilvese has a railway station and is served by line S2 of the Hanover S-Bahn The Hanover ...

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Esperke Esperke is a village in Hanover Region, Lower Saxony in Germany. It is part of the town Neustadt am Rübenberge. In 2021 it had a population of 701. Esperke and the neighbouring districts of Helstorf, Luttmersen, Vesbeck and Warmeloh are part of ...

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Hagen Hagen () is the 41st-largest city in Germany. The municipality is located in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located on the south eastern edge of the Ruhr area, 15 km south of Dortmund, where the rivers Lenne and Volme (met by t ...

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Mandelsloh Mandelsloh is a borough of Neustadt am Rübenberge in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The village is close to the river Leine in a region known as the Hanoverian Moor Geest. Important Buildings * The basilica St. Osdag was ...

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Mayor

Dominic Herbst (Alliance 90/The Greens) has served as mayor since 2019. He succeeded Uwe Sternbeck (Alliance 90/The Greens), who had been the mayor from 2004.

Twin towns – sister cities

Neustadt am Rübenberge is

twinned Twinning (making a twin of) may refer to: * In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so; * Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning * Twinning inst ...

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La Ferté-Macé LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure ...

, France (1980)

Notable people

* Friedrich Dedekind (), humanist, theologian and writer *Euricius Dedekind (1554–1619), composer * Georg Caspar Schürmann (1672–1751), composer, singer *

Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Hölty Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Hölty (21 December 1748 – 1 September 1776) was a German poet, known especially for his ballads. Hölty was born in the Electorate of Hanover in the village of Mariensee (today part of Neustadt am Rübenberge) where ...

(1748–1776), poet in the Göttinger Hainbund. *

Gerhard von Scharnhorst Gerhard Johann David von Scharnhorst (12 November 1755 – 28 June 1813) was a Hanoverian-born general in Prussian service from 1801. As the first Chief of the Prussian General Staff, he was noted for his military theories, his reforms of the Pr ...

(1755–1813), Prussian General and army reformer. * Georg Grabenhorst (1899–1997), writer *

Robert Enke Robert Enke (24 August 1977 – 10 November 2009) was a German professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played for Mönchengladbach, Benfica, and Barcelona, but made the majority of his appearances for Bundesliga side Hannover 96 ...

(1977–2009), footballer, died here * Deniz Aycicek (born 1990), footballer * Sebastian Ernst (footballer) (born 1995), footballer

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