Neumünster

Neumünster 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).HistoryThe first historic record of the precursor village "Wippendorf" dates from 1127.Current situationNeumünster 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".GeographyNeumünster is located at river Schwale, near the geographical center of Schleswig-Holstein, 35km south of Kiel, 65km north of Hamburg and 72km west of Lübeck. The Aukrug Nature Park is close to the town.