Neustadt am Rennsteig
Neustadt am Rennsteig is a resort in the Thuringian Forest, part of the Ilm-Kreis.
- 3.1 municipal
- 3.2 Coat of Arms
- 3.3 Local Partnerships
- 7.1 Sons and daughters of the town
- 7.2 Persons who are associated with the place
Geography
Neustadt is 805 meters above sea level on a plateau at the Rennsteig. It thus belongs to the highest places in Thuringia. Southwest fall from the slopes to Schleusetal, northeast lies the catchment area of the well rose. Mountains in the area are the 817 -meter-high Great Castle Hill and the 816 -meter high noble head.
The Rennsteig hiking trail than runs right through the place on a length of 1 km. New Town is one of the few places through which the Rennsteig runs completely and is approximately in the center of the 169 km long ridge path.
Community structure
At Neustadt Kahlert, a small hamlet heard about 2 km south located directly on the Rennsteig.
Neighboring communities
Clockwise, starting in the north: Long Meadows - Mitre - Großbreitenbach - Old Field - lock reason - Woman Forest - Stuetzerbach
History
According to existing old shafts and heaps already existed in the Middle Ages on the site of New Town a mining settlement. The first mention of the town was in a document dated in 1453. However, this settlement appears to be received again, and the origin of the present-day village lies rather in the creation of a glassworks in 1698. Thus Neustadt is one of the youngest places of Ilm -Kreis. To the glassworks settled on both sides of the Rennsteig to loggers and Köhler.
The place was therefore divided into two parts until 1920. The northeast part of the Rennsteig belonged to the Principality of Schwarzburg- Sondershausen ( supremacy ), the southwest part of the Rennsteig belonged to the Duchy of Saxe -Meiningen (Official ice rink ). From 1739 until July 1, 1855 were the two places in terms of church and school, a community, by having church and pastor, school and teacher jointly. After the separation in 1855 in Neustadt was a second church. In addition, there were two schools, two volunteer fire departments, etc.
The glassworks in Neustadt does not seem to have acquired great importance and was abandoned in 1819. Other industries in the town were unprofitable, so that already in 1755 the temporary relocation of residents was considered to Mecklenburg. In the 19th century in particular, matches were made in Neustadt. After the industrialization emerged after 1900 a match factory, which closed down operations in 1927 again. After the Second World War, the match manufacture became briefly again economic significance and are soon outweighed the arisen since the 1930s tourism.
From 1920 to 1952 belonged to the Neustadt district of Arnstadt, which was divided in 1952. From 1952 to 1994, the site was assigned to the circle Ilmenau.
Policy
The municipality belongs to the administrative community Langer Berg based in Mitre.
Parish council
The local council of Neustadt is next to the mayor of 11 members:
- SPD: 5 seats
- CDU: 2 seats
- CDU: 2 seats
- The Left: 1 seat
- Tourism and Business Association: 1 seat
(As at municipal election held on 7 June 2009; since June 2012 only 11 members)
Coat of arms
The coat of arms was approved on 22 January 1992.
Blazon: " oblique square; Field 1: in blue, a growing division of the left doppelschwänziger golden lion with knocked-out red tongue; Field 2 and 3: in gold a rooted depending green spruce with black trunk and black roots; Field 4: in blue on green mountain a golden stone, covered with a black, R ' ".
Situated on a plateau community is cut directly through the ridge trail in the Thuringian Forest. The old country sheath is marked in the local hall with numerous older landmarks. The coat of arms is therefore a Rennsteig stone with the characteristic Versalie "R " appears. The lion stands for the historical influence of the Schwarzburg. The two rooted spruce symbolize the location of the village on the crest of the Thuringian Forest and the role of the forest as a traditional source of income of the village.
The coat of arms was designed by Frank heraldist Diemar.
Local partnerships
- Germany partner community of Neustadt is the community Ehringhausen in Hesse (Lahn -Dill -Kreis). The partnership consists since 26 October 1990. On 11 May 1991, the official Twinning occurred.
- Neustadt is a member of the Association Neustadt in Europe, in which (currently) have joined 37 cities and towns with names Neustadt Germany Germany, Austria Austria, Hungary Hungary, the Czech Republic Czech Republic, Poland Poland, Slovakia, Slovakia and the Netherlands Netherlands. In 2004, 26 New Town meeting was held here.
Traffic
- From Neustadt from the roads to the Ilmenau Dreiherrenstein, after Großbreitenbach over the Hohe Tanne and Kahlert to Masserberg, Gießübel and old field.
- Between 1883 and 1998 Neustadt also had a railway connection to the Ilmenau- Großbreitenbacher railroad. The station was 3 km east of the High fir and was called Bahnhof Neustadt - Gillersdorf.
Culture and sights
- Michaelis Church ( Neustadt am Rennsteig )
- Memorial Church ( Neustadt am Rennsteig )
- Rennsteig Museum
Economy
In Neustadt there was next operated to a limited extent agriculture, two sectors: the glass industry and tourism. After the collapse of the GDR, tourism is only remained. In the village there are numerous guesthouses and hotels. The season takes place in winter.
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the town
- Willy Schmidt- Gentner (1894-1964), Film Composer
- Dietmar Beetz (* 1939), fiction writer
Those associated with the location of
- Fritz binding (1867-1921), preacher and evangelist who grew up in New Town
- Oscar Schmidt (1894-1945), resistance fighter and anti-fascists. In 2010 a memorial stone was erected to him in honor.