Neustadt am Rübenberge (; ) 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 The Hanoverian Moor Geest () is a gently rolling landscape between Hanover and Nienburg, Lower Saxony, Nienburg in the German state of Lower Saxony covering an area of around . It belongs to the raised bog regions of northwest Germany, which cov ...

Founding

was founded around 1200, and recorded as a () in 1215. In 1426 it was recorded as und in 1523 as .

Boroughs

* * * * * * * * * Dudensen * Eilvese * *

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 a city in the States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany, on the southeastern edge of the Ruhr area, 15 km south of Dortmund, where the rivers Lenne and Volme meet the Ruhr (river), Ruhr. In 2023, the ...

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Mandelsloh Mandelsloh is a borough of Neustadt am Rübenberge in the Hanover (district), district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The village is close to the river Leine in a region known as the Hanoverian Moor Geest. Significant buildings * The ba ...

* * Mariensee * * * * * * * * * * * *

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.

Economy

Construction

* IKN GmbH (Ingenieurbüro-Kühlerbau-Neustadt GmbH), design and manufacturing of coolers and pyro lines

Twin towns – sister cities

Neustadt am Rübenberge is twinned with: *

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, France (1980)

Notable people

* Friedrich Dedekind (), humanist, theologian and writer *Euricius Dedekind (1554–1619), composer *

Georg Caspar Schürmann Georg Caspar Schürmann (1672 (or early 1673), in Idensen bei Neustadt am Rübenberge – 25 February 1751, in Wolfenbüttel) was a German Baroque composer. His name also appears as Schurmann and in Hochdeutsch as Scheuermann. Life Schürmann s ...

(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 h ...

(1748–1776), poet of

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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 Pru ...

(1755–1813), Prussian General and army reformer. *

Georg Grabenhorst ''Zero Hour'' (originally published as ''Fahnenjunker Volkenborn'') is an autobiographical war novel by German people, German author The book was initially published in Leipzig Germany in 1928 and was translated into English language, English th ...

(1899–1997), author of ''

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Melanie Brinkmann Melanie Brinkmann is a German virologist. Until 2019 she was probably best known in connection with her work on the Cytomegalovirus. During 2020 she emerged as a much consulted expert-pundit for media commentators keen to discuss the COVID-19 pan ...

(born 1974), virologist, worked on the

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Sami Haddadin Sami Haddadin (born 26 June 1980) is a German electrical engineer, computer scientist, and university professor specializing in robotics and artificial intelligence.Bärbel Hilbig: Roboterforscher geht nach München / Leibniz-Uni verliert den Sp ...

(born 1980), electrical engineer, computer scientist and university professor re.

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and

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Sport

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 most of his appearances for Bundesliga side Hannover 96 in his h ...

(1977–2009), football goalkeeper, died here; played 287 games and 8 for

* Deniz Aycicek (born 1990), footballer, played over 200 games *

Sebastian Ernst Sebastian Ernst (born 11 October 1984 in Gelsenkirchen) is a German sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. His personal best time is 20.36 seconds, achieved during the heats at the 2004 Summer Olympics. This ranks him third among German 200m ...

(born 1995), footballer, played over 250 games

References

External links

Hanover Region {{LowerSaxony-geo-stub