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Neumünster

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Country
  
Germany

District
  
Urban district

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Population
  
77,100 (31 Dec 2008)

State
  
Schleswig-Holstein

Elevation
  
22 m (72 ft)

Postal codes
  
24534 - 24539

Local time
  
Friday 10:49 PM

Neumünster httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Weather
  
4°C, Wind W at 5 km/h, 64% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Neumünster Zoo, Dosenmoor, Tiergartenvereinigung eV, Tuch und Technik Textilmus, Hollis Kinderparadies

Neumünster ( [nɔʏˈmʏnstɐ]) is an urban municipality in the middle of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. With more than 79,000 registered inhabitants, it is the fourth-largest municipality in Schleswig-Holstein (behind Kiel, Lübeck and Flensburg).

Contents

Map of Neum%C3%BCnster, Germany

History

The first historic record of the precursor village "Wippendorf" dates from 1127.

Current situation

Neumünster station is a major railway junction with lines running in six (formerly seven) directions, including the important Hamburg-Altona–Kiel and Neumünster–Flensburg lines.

Near Neumünster at Ehndorf, there is a high-power medium wave transmission facility for transmitting the program of Deutschlandfunk, the Ehndorf transmitter, which is often named incorrectly as "Neumünster transmitter".

Geography

Neumünster is located at river Schwale, near the geographical center of Schleswig-Holstein, 35 kilometres (22 mi) south of Kiel, 65 kilometres (40 mi) north of Hamburg and 72 kilometres (45 mi) west of Lübeck. The Aukrug Nature Park is close to the town.

Mayors and Lord mayors

In 1870 Neumünster received the town privileges. Since 1904 Max Röer was the Lord mayor.

  • 1870–1894: Eduard Schlichting
  • 1894–1919: Max Röer
  • 1919–1933: Detlef Schmidt
  • 1933–1945: Max Stahmer (NSDAP)
  • 1945–1946: Gustav Bärwald (Oberstadtdirektor)
  • 1946–1948: Ludolf Behnke (CDU)
  • 1948–1950: Hugo Voß (SPD)
  • 1950–1970: Walther Lehmkuhl (SPD)
  • 1970–1988: Uwe Harder (SPD)
  • 1988–1991: Franz-Josef Pröpper (SPD)
  • 1991–2009: Hartmut Unterlehberg (SPD)
  • since September 2009: Olaf Tauras (independent)

    • Population development

  • 1803: 2.588
  • 1900: 27.335
  • 1939: 54.094
  • 1946: 66.185
  • 1972: 86.745
  • 2005: 78.333
  • 2012: 76.951
  • 2015: 79.197

    • Notable residents

  • Helmut Johannsen (1908-?), dentist and SS Obersturmbannführer and chief dentist in the Buchenlager concentration camp]
  • Eduard Müller (martyr) (1911-1943), Catholic priest, martyr
  • Gerhard Wessel (1913-2002), President of the Bundesnachrichtendienst 1968-1978
  • Herbert Martinshagen (1913-1999), SS Stormbolder and Head of the Jewish Council
  • Horst Mittelstaedt (1923-2016), biologist cyberneticist and university lecturer
  • Wilf Smith, born Wilfred Schmidt in 1946, footballer
  • Detlev Blanke (1941-2016) University lecturer for interlinguistics at the Humboldt-Universität Berlin
  • Michael Simon (stage director) (born 1958), theater director
  • Christine Haderthauer (born 1962), former CSU General Secretary and former Minister of State (Bavarian State Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, Family and Women)
  • Svenja Schlicht (born 1967), swimmer
  • Stefan Schnoor, (born 1971), footballer
  • Mona Barthel, (born 1990), tennis player
  • Panik, nu-metal band

    • References

    Neumünster Wikipedia
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