Neustadt an der Weinstrasse

Neustadt an der Weinstrasse
Neustadt an der Weinstrasse
Coordinates	49°21′0″N 08°09′0″E
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Urban district
Mayor	Hans Georg Löffler (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area	117.10 km2 (45.21 sq mi)
Elevation	136 m  (446 ft)
Population	53,506  (31 December 2006)
- Density	457 /km2 (1,183 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	NW
Postal codes	67433, 67434, 67435
Area codes	06321, 06327
Website	neustadt-weinstrasse.de

Neustadt an der Weinstraße is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It has about 54,000 people. The main parts of the city's economy are tourism and winegrowing. Every year the city is the location of the German wine harvest festival with the election of the Gerrman wine queen.

Districts

Its districts are

• Diedesfeld,
• Duttweiler,
• Geinsheim,
• Gimmeldingen,
• Haardt,
• Hambach,
• Königsbach,
• Lachen-Speyerdorf,
• Mußbach, and
• Winzingen.

Twin Towns

• UK, Lincoln
• France, Mâcon
• Rwanda, Musange
• USA, Manchester, New Hampshire
• Turkey, Mersin-Yenisehir
• Germany, Wernigerode
• China, Quanzhou

Culture and Sights

• Hambach Castle
• Saalbau
• Elwetritsch fountain
• Railway Museum
• Villa Böhm
• Wolfscastle

Traffic

Neustadt have two on-ramps (North and South) of the highway A 65. Except for the central station, the town have a second railroad station (Böbig) and a third (South) is in work.

Economy

Neustadt is the seat of the Hornbach Holding AG and Team Rosberg.

Other websites

• Official Homepage