Neustadt an der Donau is a town in

Lower Bavaria Lower Bavaria (german: Niederbayern, Bavarian: ''Niedabayern'') is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany, located in the east of the state. Geography Lower Bavaria is subdivided into two regions () – Landshut and Donau-W ...

on the

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. Lying on the western border of Landkreis Kelheim, Neustadt is primarily known for the thermal spa

Bad Gögging Neustadt an der Donau is a town in Lower Bavaria on the Danube in Bavaria, Germany. Lying on the western border of Landkreis Kelheim, Neustadt is primarily known for the thermal spa Bad Gögging. Neustadt had a population of 12,753 as of ...

. Neustadt had a population of 12,753 as of December 31, 2003.

Geography

The city is located halfway between

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and Regensburg, on an approximately wide gravel plain of the

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, which at this point is south of the wooded foothills of the

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Donau-Isar hill country of the

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and bounded on the north by the

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slope of the southern

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. The rivers Ilm and Abens flow into the Danube in the city. The township includes 22 districts Arresting, Bad Gögging, Deisenhofen, Eining, Geibenstetten, Haderfleck, Heiligenstadt, Hienheim, Irnsing, Irnsing-Steinbruch, Karpfenstein, Lina, Marching, Mauern, Mulhouse, Niederulrain, Oberulrain, Schwaig, Sittling, Umbertshausen and Wöhr . The area heavily dominated by agriculture; asparagus and in particular

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play a special role. Neighboring communities of Neustadt are

Abensberg Abensberg () is a town in the Lower Bavarian district of Kelheim, in Bavaria, Germany, lying around southwest of Regensburg, east of Ingolstadt, northwest of Landshut and north of Munich. It is situated on the river Abens, a tributary of t ...

, Altmannstein, Biburg,

Kelheim Kelheim () is a town and municipality in Bavaria, Germany. It is the capital of the district Kelheim and is situated at the confluence of the rivers Altmühl and Danube. Kelheim has a population of around 16,750 (2020). History Kelheim is t ...

, Mindelstetten, Münchsmünster, Pförring and Siegenburg.

History

The oldest documented area of Neustadt was the village of Trephenau. Under the name ''Seligenstadt '' the town charter was granted in May 1273 by Duke

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. This town charter is the oldest in

. With the town survey and the consequent new investment and resettlement Duke Ludwig II secured the Danube Valley road and the river crossing. The town charter is one of many granted by early

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dukes as part of a planned foundation of towns. Neustadt was first mentioned by that name in a document of

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from 1277. The settlement of Wöhr, just outside the city gate on the bank of the Danube, is actually older than Neustadt. The name derives from the Middle High German ''Wert'', signifying an island of elevated dry land. Wöhr was incorporated in the late Middle Ages as part of the city of Neustadt and residents of Wöhr could be citizens of the city, but lived outside the fortification. Wöhr was also the seat of the noble family of the Lords of Wöhr and the ducal Urbar Office "ze Werde" that managed the natural and monetary levies from the ducal estates.

Population

Personalities

* Eberhard of Salzburg (* around 1085 in Sittling-1164 in the Cistercian monastery Rein), Archbishop of Salzburg from 1147 to 1164, was venerated as a holy *

Wilhelm Sander Wilhelm Sander (10 December 1860, in Berlin – 22 November 1930, in Lüderitz) was a master architect and contractor working for Sander & Kock known for his work in German South West Africa, today's Namibia. Sander studied Civil engineering in ...

(died 1973 in Neustadt an der Donau), manufacturer and donor *

Jürgen Wittmann Jürgen Wittmann (born 14 August 1966 in Neustadt an der Donau) is a German former footballer who became a coach. He worked for many years as a goalkeeping coach with TSV 1860 Munich. He played five seasons in the Bundesliga The Bundesliga ...

(born 1966 in Neustadt an der Donau), German football goalkeeper

References

External links

Municipal website

Official website of Bad Gögging
Populated places on the Danube {{Kelheimdistrict-geo-stub