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Bergneustadt
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| Basicdat: | |
| State: | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Regierungsbezirk: | Cologne |
| District: | Oberbergischer Kreis |
| Area: | 37.86 km² |
| Population: | 20.601 (06/30/2004) |
| Population density: | 550/km² |
| Elevation: | 206 - 500 m |
| Postal code: | 51702 |
| Area/distance code: | 22-61 (022-61) |
| Location: | |
| Municipal code: | 05374004 |
| Car designation: | GM
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| Arrangement of the city: | 32 districts |
| Address of the city administration: | 256 Kölner Str. Bergneustadt 51703 |
| Website: | www.bergneustadt.de |
| Politics | |
| Mayor: | Gerhard Halbe independent |
Bergneustadt is a place in the eastern part of the Oberbergischer Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located 50 km east of Cologne. It is part of the Berg Region .
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History
In 1301 the place the first time was mentioned documentary namely " of the Drost Rutger v. Altena begins with the construction of the Niestat " (source: Documentary first namings of oberbergischer places of Klaus Pampus).
Manner of writing of the first naming: Niestat.
The coat of arms of Bergneustadt
The arms were granted on December 24, 1876.
The town developed around a castle built in 1301 by Rüttger von Altena ordered by Count Eberhard II of the Mark. The oldest seals of the city date from the middle of the 14th century and already show the present arms. The upper part of the arms shows the arms of the Counts of the Mark, the lower part the older arms of the (oldest) Counts of Berg, from which the Counts of the Mark descended. From 1922-1969 the city used a mural crown on the arms.
Buildings
- In the part of town Wiedenest one so-called colored church, a church with stands middle ages to lichen cover paintings.
Associations and facilities
- Chess association Bergneustadt/ Derschlag
- TV Bergneustadt
- Stamp collector's association Bergneustadt
- Baris Spor Hackenberg
- SSV Bergneustadt
- Box ring Bergneustadt
- Protection association steady Bergneustadt
- Table tennis associations swallow Bergneustadt
- Sail airman club Bergneustadt
- German Red Cross Bergneustadt
- HSG Bergneustadt-Gummersbach
- Swimming association Bergneustadt
- THW - Bergneustadt
- The Voices
Economy
The biggest employer in the city is the company ISE Innomotive of system Europe GmbH - is a company of the automotive supplier industry specializing in the development and production of innovative structural and protection systems for automobiles with product emphasis on:
Population of Bergneustadt
| Year | Population |
| 1871 | 1.549
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| 1900 | 3.518
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| 1939 | 4.183
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| 1950 | 6.330
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| 1969 | 16.256
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| 2003 | 20.853
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| 2004 | 20.601
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Schools of the town
- Community elementary school Bergneustadt
- Community elementary school Bergneustadt - Hackenberg
- Catholic elementary school Bergneustadt
- Wüllenweberschule, High school Bergneustadt
- Community-secondary modern school Bergneustadt
- Secondary modern school - Bergneustadt
Localities
| North: Gummersbach | ||
| West: Gummersbach |
Bergneustadt | East: Drolshagen |
| South: Reichshof |
| A | Altenothe - Attenbach - Auf dem Dümpel |
| B | Baldenberg - Belmicke - Bösinghausen - Bover Schlei - Brelöh |
| D | Dreiort |
| F | Freischlade |
| G | Geschleide |
| H | Hackenberg - Höh - Hüngringhausen |
| I | Immicke |
| L | Leienbach - Lingesten |
| N | Mühlhof |
| N | Neuenothe - Niederrengse |
| O | Otschen |
| P | Pernze - Pustenbach |
| R | Rosenthal - Rosenthalseifen |
| S | Sessinghausen - Storkes Nest |
| W | Wiedenest - Wolfskammer - Wolfschlade - Wörde |
| Z | Zwerstall |
Belmicke
It is located 8.4 km E of Bergneustadt and is in the eastern part. The area was first mentioned in 1296. It was knoen as Belmiche
| Population (31/12/2003): | 425 | |
| Location: | 7.724/7°43'36" W | 51.004/51°01'30" E |
| Elevation: | 415 - 435 m | |
| Postal code: | 51702 | |
| Area code: | 02261 | |
| Car designation | GM |
Pernze
Is is located 4 km NW of Bergneustadt. It is accessed by Route 55 . The settlement was founded as Pernswede.
| Population (31/12/2003): | 1,048 | |
| Location: | 7.883/7°41' W | 51.33/51°2' E |
| Elevation | 300 m | |
| Postal code: | 51702 | |
| Area code: | 02261 and 02763 (Drolshagen -Bleche) | |
| Car designation | GM |
Wiedenest
Located 3.2 km NE of Bergneustadt and is accessed by route 55 . It was founded in 1154. It was known as Wiedennest. It is in the central part
| Population (31/12/2003): | 3,084 | |
| Location: | 7.686/7° 41' 20" W | 51.713/51° 01' 45" E |
| Elevation: | 250 - 300 m | |
| Postal code: | 51702 | |
| Area code: | 02261 | |
| Car designation: | GM |
Church of the town
- Protestant church municipality mountain new town and Wiedenest
- Catholic parish Belmicke Saint Anna and Saint Stephanus
- Protestant free-ecclesiastical municipality]] Wilhelmstrasse, hacking mountain and Wiedenest
- Common Bible school - Wiedenest
Persons
- Friedhelm Julius Beucher - politician
- Anja Harteros - opera singer
- Horst Janzen - Painter
References
- Günther Aders, Quellen zur Geschichte der Stadt Bergneustadt und des alten Amtes Neustadt von 1109 bis 1630 = Sources for teh History of the City of Bergneustadt and the old Amtes Neustadt from 1109 to 1630, pg. 71, 1951, 7-268
- Marianne Hack and Hubertus Dan - Literaturverzeichnis zur Geschichte Bergneustadts im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert = Bibliography to the History of Bergneustadts in the 19th and the 20th centuries, Gummersbach, 1991
- Bergneustadt 1301-1951, Festschrift, Bergneustadt 1951
External links
(in German)
- http://www.oberberg24.de/
- http://homepages.compuserve.de/Czoelner/Nachbarstadte/Bergneustadt/bergneustadt.html
- http://www.tus-belmicke.de
- http://www.belmicke.de
| Towns and municipalities in Oberbergischer Kreis |
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Bergneustadt | Engelskirchen | Gummersbach | Hückeswagen | Lindlar | Marienheide | Morsbach | Nümbrecht | Radevormwald | Reichshof | Waldbröl | Wiehl | Wipperfürth |
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