Neustadt (Dosse)

Neustadt is a town in the district of Ostprignitz-Ruppin, Brandenburg, Germany with a population of 3,575 . It has a total area of 75.43 km², and lies close to the river Dosse.HistoryNeustadt was founded in 1407 by the Count of Ruppin. In 1788, the Prussian king Friedrich William II expanded the town and his stud. Until today, the national stud of Brandenburg (Brandenburgisches Haupt- und Landgestüt, i.e. Brandenburgian Main and State Stud) is located in Neustadt which is thus a principal place of the horse breeding in Brandenburg, especially for horses of the Brandenburger breed.AreasBabe, Helenenhof, Kampehl, Köritz, Leddin, Lindenau, Neuhof, Neuroddahn, Plänitz, Schönfeld, Spiegelberg, and Strubbergshof.MayorSabine Ehrlich was elected in May 2014 with 54,3 % of the votes for a term of five years.SightseeingThe mummy of Christian Friedrich von Kahlbutz is located in Kampehl, which is a locality of Neustadt (Dosse).TransportationAt Neustadt, there is a train stop of the regional express on the Berlin–Hamburg Railway.Sons and daughters of the town Ludwig Jonas (1797-1859), theologian August Lindemann (1842-1921), architect Paul Gustaf Krause (1867-1945), paleontologist Fritz Thörner (1869-1940), writer