Bad Neustadt an der Saale

Bad Neustadt an der Saale
Market square with the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in the background
Location of Bad Neustadt an der Saale within Rhön-Grabfeld district
Bad Neustadt an der Saale
Bad Neustadt an der Saale
Coordinates: 50°19′19″N 10°12′58″E / 50.32194°N 10.21611°E / 50.32194; 10.21611
CountryGermany
StateBavaria
Admin. regionLower Franconia
DistrictRhön-Grabfeld
Government
 • Mayor (2020–26) Michael Werner[1]
Area
 • Total36.79 km2 (14.20 sq mi)
Elevation
242 m (794 ft)
Population
 (2024-12-31)[2]
 • Total15,434
 • Density420/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
97616
Dialling codes09771
Vehicle registrationNES
Websitebad-neustadt.de

Bad Neustadt an der Saale, officially Bad Neustadt a. d. Saale[3] and frequently simply called Bad Neustadt, is a town in northern Bavaria, Germany. It is the capital of Rhön-Grabfeld in Lower Franconia. It is on the rivers Fränkische Saale and Brend, near the Rhön Mountains, 30 km north of Schweinfurt, and 47 km southeast of Fulda.

Town structure

Between 1972 and 1978 some originally separate villages were combined together administratively and became part of Bad Neustadt. So today Bad Neustadt has the following Stadtteile (parts of the town):

  • Old town of Bad Neustadt (1,858)
  • Western part of Bad Neustadt (2,515)
  • Gartenstadt (2,235)
  • Brendlorenzen (4,390)
  • Dürrnhof (291)
  • Herschfeld (2,716)
  • Lebenhan (492)
  • Löhrieth (288)
  • Mühlbach (972)

(Number of residents in brackets)

Neustadt in Europe and twin towns and cities

In 1979 Bad Neustadt founded a community of all towns called Neustadt (new town). Today 34 towns of 5 different countries are members of this project Neustadt in Europe. Bad Neustadt is the only Neustadt with the prefix Bad (spa town).

Bad Neustadt has the following twin towns:

Other websites

References

  1. Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.
  2. "Gemeinden, Kreise und Regierungsbezirke in Bayern, Einwohnerzahlen am 31. Dezember 2024; Basis Zensus 2022" [Municipalities, counties, and administrative districts in Bavaria; Based on the 2022 Census] (CSV) (in German). Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik.
  3. "Impressum". bad-neustadt.de (in German). Retrieved 13 May 2021.