Neustadt an der Orla

Neustadt an der Orla is a small town in the Saale- Orla-Kreis in the east of Thuringia.

• 2.1 Amalgamations
• 2.2 Population development

• 3.1 City Council
• 3.2 Coat of Arms
• 3.3 Town twinning

• 4.1 Historical Buildings
• 4.2 Regular events
• 4.3 Sport

• 5.1 Established businesses
• 5.2 Education
• 5.3 Media
• 5.4 traffic

• 6.1 Sons and daughters of the town
• 6.2 Other personalities

Geography

Geographical Location

The addition, which differs Neustadt an der Orla other new towns, the city owes the river Orla. It rises east of the city Triptis. The river first flows about 20 km to the west and then turns to the north at 13 km west gelegenem Pössneck. After another 15 kilometers, the Orla opens in Orlamünde in the Saale. Both rivers provide the Saale- Orla-Kreis name. The river Orla and delicate round mesas signifizieren the Orlasenke, the scenic area into which nestles Neustadt an der Orla. North of the city extends the Thuringian wood country.

Neighboring communities

Adjacent communities are (clockwise) Stanau, Triptis, Rose Village, Dreitzsch, Schmieritz, Linda b. Neustadt an der Orla, Kospoda, Weira, Lausnitz b. Neustadt an der Orla, Langenorla, dry -Wolfersdorf.

Boroughs

History

Around 1000 was built on the present territory of Neustadt an der Orla Arnshaugk the castle on the site of an earlier prehistoric plant. In 1120 Nova villa was a place German establishment, mentioned in a deed of the Thuringian Count Wichmann at the monastery Kaltenborn. In the period 1150-1250 the town of Neustadt was founded by the Lords of Lobdeburg. The city was first mentioned in records in 1287.

In 1325 already the city walls were present in Neustadt. The " Stone House " was given to the city in 1364 as the town hall from the Landgrave Balthasar. The city went free in 1400 by the construction of its own parish church of the Mother Church Neunhofen. The new town hall with inclusion of the "stone house " was 1465th

The New Town district was formed in 1485. From 1471 to 1490, the new building of the Augustinian monastery with cloister church was. The St. John's Church received its new altar from the workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder 1513th Martin Luther visited the city several times, in 1516 and 1524.

The castle of the city was built after 1674 by Duke Maurice of Saxony- Zeitz. Neustadt was in 1708 on the postal route Leipzig -Nuremberg its first post office. On the orders of Augustus the Strong in 1728 were two Electorate of Saxony postal distance columns, built before the Triptiser and nine Höfer Gate, in the city.

Neustadt an der Orla was in 1713 affected by witch hunts. A man caught in a witch trial.

1815 came Neustadt an der Orla, together with a large part of the Neustadt district following a decision by the Congress of Vienna to the Grand Duchy of Saxe -Weimar- Eisenach. The New Town Savings Bank was founded in 1823, the Municipal Hospital on Eiskellerplatz was opened on 24 December 1851. A first rail link was Neustadt with the opening of the railway route from Leipzig to Probstzella on December 20, 1871. The city came in 1922 to the district of Gera.

On April 9th and 10th 1945 Neustadt was the target of U.S. air raids. 28 people were killed. On 14 April 1945, the American occupation troops marched in Neustadt. The Red Army took over on July 1 of the year the crew.

With the formation of the circle Pössneck in 1952 from parts of the former counties Gera, Saalfeld and goats back Neustadt was added to this. In Neustadt an der Orla, there was during the turn of the first demonstrations on 26 October 1989. The first free municipal elections were held on 6 May 1990.

In the course of district reform in 1994 came to Neustadt Saale- Orla-Kreis. As of December 1, 2010, until then independent municipality Breitenhain was incorporated into Neustadt.

Incorporations

The first incorporation were performed with Moderwitz on 1 July 1950. Molbitz was incorporated into Neustadt an der Orla on 1 January 1976.

Lichtenau with about 200 inhabitants, located northwest of Neustadt an der Orla. The first mention was made in the year 1364. The church was built in 1730 with the involvement of an older system. Lichtenau was incorporated into Neustadt an der Orla on 9 April 1994. At the same time Neunhofen was incorporated.

On 1 December 2010 the municipality Breitenhain was incorporated into Neustadt an der Orla.

Population Development

Development of the population ( as of 1981: Stand December 31 respectively ):

1830-1950

1981-1998

1999-2005

2006-2012

• 2006: 8756
• 2007: 8674
• 2008: 8514
• 2009: 8474
• 2010: 8625
• 2011: 8525
• 2012: 8303

1: October 29 2: 31 August

Policy

City ​​council

For the 2009-2014 parliamentary term, the city council is composed as follows:

• Alliance for Neustadt - 6 seats (-2)
• LEFT - 5 seats (-1)
• CDU - 5 seats ( 2)
• SPD - 3 seats (± 0)
• FDP - 1 seat ( 1)

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of the town of Neustadt an der Orla shows on a blue background three silver towers with red roofs, the average low and wide considered between two higher corner towers with pointed roofs and golden knobs. The towers are connected by battlements. On the central tower a golden eagle, at the door station, a golden shield reclined, in an upright black lion.

Twinning

• Germany Austria Hungary Czech Republic Slovakia Poland Netherlands Neustadt an der Orla is a member of the largest international consortium Neustadt in Europe, in which 37 cities and municipalities named Neustadt in seven European countries ( Germany, Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Netherlands) have joined forces.
• Germany Laupheim in Baden- Württemberg
• Germany Biedenkopf an der Lahn in Hesse
• Belgium Wépion -sur -Meuse in Belgium
• Belgium Oostduinkerke -aan -Zee ( incorporated to Koksijde ) in Belgium
• France La Charité -sur -Loire in France

Culture and sights

Historical Buildings

• Town hall

• Meat Market

• Luther House

• Monastery church and castle

• City Church of St. John

• Hospital Church of St. Lawrence

• Postmeilensäule columns

• Bismarck Tower

• Arnshaugk

• Church in Neunhofen

Regular events

• Carnival in Neustadt an der Orla. The New Town look forward every year to the "four great days " of the carnival. Peak in each carnival season in Duhlendorf as Neustadt, at this time jokingly referred to, is the carnival procession through the town of Neustadt, which always takes place at 14.00 clock on the Sunday before Ash Monday. Thousands of visitors flock then to Neustadt to see this colorful design with countless moving cars, marchers and bands.
• Fountain Festival - " BORNQUAS " is an old fountain cleaning festival, whose origins date back to the 15th century, and is celebrated on the third weekend in June every year.
• Neustadt Music Summer
• Christmas market

Sports

• SV Blau - Weiß 90 Neustadt an der Orla

• KSV Germania 1990 Neustadt an der Orla

Economy and infrastructure

Established businesses

For Neustadt an der Orla 663 Commercial logged (as of 18 September 2005).

Education

• State Orlatal High School
• State normal school " Johann Wolfgang von Goethe "
• State primary school " Friedrich Schiller"
• Castle School of workers' welfare ( primary school )
• State primary school Neunhofen

Media

The " New Town Kreisbote " is the official journal of the town of Neustadt an der Orla, which appears fortnightly.

The notice published in the 2006 film Villa Nova, a film about the development and the presence of the town of Neustadt an der Orla, provides an interesting overview and can be purchased at the Orla at the Culture and Tourism Department of the City Administration Neustadt.

Traffic

In the East, eight kilometers away Triptis is the nearest large city with its own motorway exit (A 9). On this highway there is the junction Dittersdorf, ten kilometers south of Neustadt, in another connection. The Federal Highway 281 has been expanded since 2000 to an expressway, the south of Neustadt passes as a bypass. It offers three departures in the city. Continue to lead the country roads on Stadtroda to Jena as well as to Schleiz.

Since 1871 there are connections to the railway network, first on the railway line Gera -Neustadt Eichicht. Today, switching every hour ride a local train line EB 33 on the track Gera -Neustadt -Saalfeld and a regional express line EBx12 on the route Leipzig -Gera -Neustadt -Saalfeld. Thus, there are direct connections to the two ICE node stations Saalfeld (Saale ) and Leipzig.

From the bus station there are several regional bus services, among other things, to Jena, Schleiz and Zeulenroda.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

• Konrad Limmer (1522-1592), theologian and reformer
• Joseph Clauder (1586-1653), Protestant theologian, hymn composer and poet
• Johann Ernst Hebenstreit (1702-1757), physician
• Hermann Hering (1821-1887), the Reichstag and Landtag
• Friedrich Gumpert (1841-1906), horn player and music professor
• Johannes Walther (1860-1937), geologist
• Martha Abicht (1878-1941), a kindergarten teacher
• Hans Fitz (1891-1972), playwright, actor and director
• Robert Döpel (1895-1982), nuclear physicist and professor
• Wolfgang Hempel (1927-2004), a sports journalist
• Harald Fritzsche (1937-2008), football goalkeeper
• Erwin Kaldarasch (* 1940), handball player of the GDR and handball coach
• Barbara Young ( born 1943 ), documentary director
• Franklin Kopitzsch (* 1947), politician ( SPD)
• Wilfried Poßner (* 1949), politician ( SED)
• Heidrun Höhn (born 16 Jui 1949 Neustadt an der Orla, † October 20, 2010 in Leipzig ), numismatist
• Dietmar Schauer Hammer ( born 1955 ), bobsledder

Other personalities

• Caspar Güttel (1471-1542), theologian and reformer who lived in the monastery of the Augustinian Order in Neustadt
• Christoph Irenaeus (1522-1595), theologian and reformer, sometimes Superintendent of Neustadt
• Matthew Ackermann (1544-1606), the Office Schösser Arnshaugk
• Johann Gottfried at the end (1752-1821), Protestant theologian
• Ottmar von Mohl (1846-1922), diplomat, died at Castle near Neustadt Arnshaugk
• Henry Kiefer (1911-1980), painter and graphic artist, lived a long time in Neustadt
• Kupfernagel ( b. 1974 ), cyclist, grew up in New Town
• Nico Herzig ( b. 1983 ), footballer, the first years lived in the district Molbitz
• Denny Herzig ( born 1984 ), footballer, the first years lived in the district Molbitz