Neustadt am Kulm

Neustadt am Kulm
Neustadt am Kulm
	Coat of arms
	Location of Neustadt am Kulm within Neustadt a.d.Waldnaab district
	Neustadt am Kulm Neustadt am Kulm
	Coordinates: 49°49′N 11°49′E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Oberpfalz
District	Neustadt a.d.Waldnaab
Municipal assoc.	Eschenbach in der Oberpfalz
Subdivisions	9 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor	Rudolf Lang (CSU)
Area
• Total	20.30 km2 (7.84 sq mi)
Elevation	517 m (1,696 ft)
Population (2018-12-31)[1]
• Total	1,105
• Density	54/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	95514
Dialling codes	09648
Vehicle registration	NEW
Website	www.neustadt-am-kulm.de

Neustadt am Kulm is a municipality in the district of Neustadt an der Waldnaab, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 29 km northwest of Weiden in der Oberpfalz, and 23 km southeast of Bayreuth. Neustadt am Kulm is situated directly west of the Rauher Kulm.

Mayors

Since 2008 Wolfgang Haberberger is the mayor of Neustadt am Kulm. His predecessor was Rudolf Lang (CSU).

Natural monuments

View of the Rauher Kulm

The most important sight is the 682-metre-high Rauher Kulm with its 25-metre-high viewing tower. Since 1949 it has been protected as a natural monument. On the mountain is the rock formation of Kleiner Kulm and, east of the Rauher Kulm is the Kühhübel, whose basalt kuppe has been almost entirely quarried away.[2]

The medieval hilltop castles on the two Kulms were destroyed in 1554. Only fragmentary remains have survived: the burgstalls of Rauhenkulm Castle and Schlechtenkulm Castle.

The Rauher Kulm was selected in a survey by the Heinz Sielmann Stiftung EUROPARC Deutschland as Germany's most beautiful natural wonder for 2013. Twenty-one natural monuments were chosen from the national natural landscapes and other regions of Germany. Second place went to the Steinerne Rose near Saalburg-Ebersdorf. In third place was the Stiefel rock formation near St. Ingbert.[3]

Personalities

Georg Jacob Schaeffler (1865-1962), grandfather of Georg Schaeffler, (born 1964) businessman of the Schaeffler Group

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References

"Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). July 2019.
Homepage der Bezirksgruppe Weiden der Vereinigung der Freunde der Mineralogie und Geologie; retrieved 25 September 2011
Heinz Sielmann Stiftung: Naturwunder des Jahres 2013

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[1] "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). July 2019.

[2] Homepage der Bezirksgruppe Weiden der Vereinigung der Freunde der Mineralogie und Geologie; retrieved 25 September 2011

[3] Heinz Sielmann Stiftung: Naturwunder des Jahres 2013