Neustadt am Main

      Neustadt a.Main
      Coat of arms of Neustadt a.Main
      Neustadt a.Main is located in Germany
      Neustadt a.Main
      Coordinates 49°55′51″N 9°34′3″E / 49.93083°N 9.56750°E / 49.93083; 9.56750Coordinates: 49°55′51″N 9°34′3″E / 49.93083°N 9.56750°E / 49.93083; 9.56750
      Administration
      Country Germany
      State Bavaria
      Admin. region Lower Franconia
      District Main-Spessart
      Municipal assoc. Lohr am Main
      Mayor Karin Berger (FW)
      Basic statistics
      Area 19.81 km2 (7.65 sq mi)
      Elevation 150 m  (492 ft)
      Population 1,249 (31 December 2011)[1]
       - Density 63 /km2 (163 /sq mi)
      Other information
      Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
      Licence plate MSP
      Postal code 97845
      Area code 09393
      Website www.neustadt-erlach.de

      Neustadt am Main (officially: Neustadt a.Main) is a community in the Main-Spessart district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, Germany and a member of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft (Administrative Community) of Lohr am Main.

      Geography

      Location

      Neustadt am Main lies in the Würzburg Region.

      The community has the following Gemarkungen (traditional rural cadastral areas): Erlach am Main, Neustadt am Main.

      In Neustadt is found the district’s highest peak, the Klosterkuppel at 552 m above sea level.

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      History

      The Neustadt am Main Benedictine Monastery was founded as early as 769. It was dissolved in the course of Secularization in 1803.

      As part of the Amt of Rothenfels of the Prince-Bishopric (Hochstift) of Würzburg, the community passed with the 1803 Reichsdeputationshauptschluss to the Counts of Löwenstein-Wertheim. After mediatization in 1806 it passed with the Principality of Aschaffenburg in 1814 (by this time the Principality had become a department of the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt) to Bavaria. In the course of administrative reform in Bavaria, the current community came into being with the Gemeindeedikt (“Municipal Edict”) of 1818.

      The community of Erlach was amalgamated in 1972 in the framework of municipal reform in Bavaria.

      Population development

      Within town limits, 1,204 inhabitants were counted in 1970, 1,301 in 1987 and in 2000 1,343.

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      Politics

      The mayor is Karin Berger (Freie Wählergemeinschaft Erlach).

      Municipal taxes in 1999 amounted to €587,000 (converted), of which net business taxes amounted to €78,000.

      Town partnerships

      Neustadt is a member of the working group Neustadt in Europa, in which 36 towns (as of September 2008) named Neustadt in Germany, Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia have linked together. The following places belong to the group:

      Neustadt in Europa working group, 2006

      Coat of arms

      The community’s arms might be described thus: Per pale argent a lowercase uncial N upon which a small cross pattée sable, gules a sword proper waved in pale, point downwards.

      The uncial N with the cross on top is the sign that the old Neustadt Monastery, founded about 770 by Bishop of Würzburg Megingoz, used to mark its estate. In 993 the monastery passed to the Princely Electorate (Hochstift) of Würzburg, remaining with that state until Secularization in 1803. Recalling this former allegiance are the tinctures argent and gules (silver and red), those borne by the Electorate. The waved sword was taken from a village court seal from the early 18th century that showed Saint Michael with a sword. The arms have been borne since 1968.[2]

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      Economy and infrastructure

      According to official statistics, there were 39 workers on the social welfare contribution rolls working in producing businesses in 1998. In trade and transport this was 22. In other areas, 39 workers on the social welfare contribution rolls were employed, and 474 such workers worked from home. There were 4 processing businesses. One business was in construction, and furthermore, in 1999, there was one agricultural operation.

      Education

      As of 1999 the following institutions existed in Neustadt:

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      References

      1. ^ "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). 31 December 2011. 
      2. ^ Description and explanation of Neustadt’s arms
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      This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
      Towns and municipalities in Main-Spessart
      Coat of Arms of Main-Spessart district
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      Last modified on 22 February 2013, at 23:26