| Coordinates | 53°22′N 11°35′E |
|---|---|
| State | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
| District | Ludwigslust-Parchim |
| Amt | Neustadt-Glewe |
| Elevation | 32 |
| Area | 94.14 |
| Postal code | 19306 |
| Area code | 038757 |
| Licence | LUP, HGN, LBZ, LWL, PCH, STB |
| Gemeindeschlüssel | 13 0 76 105 |
| Divisions | 8 |
| Website | www.neustadt-glewe.de |
| Mayor | Arne Kröger |
| Party | parteilos |
Neustadt-Glewe (ˈnɔʏʃtat ˈɡleːvə) is a town in state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, in the district of Ludwigslust-Parchim, Germany.
History
Neustadt-Glewe was mentioned for the first time in a document in 1248.
Neustadt-Glewe was the site of a Nazi concentration camp (1944–1945) "KZ Neustadt-Glewe".[1] Among its prisoners was Stanisława Rachwał, a Polish resistance fighter transferred from Auschwitz-Birkenau.[2]
Hans Axel Holm, a Swedish writer and journalist, documented life in Neustadt-Glewe in the late 1960s when it was part of the German Democratic Republic. In his book The Other Germans: Report From an East German Town,[3] Holm documented various aspects of everyday life in the GDR, such as being an adult who worked at a VEB (industrial state-owned enterprise) or at an LPG (collective farm); being a child or teen going to school and participating in the FDJ (youth organization); being a soldier in the NVA (army); the GDR's relationship with the Soviets, including tensions within the Eastern Bloc and the threat of Soviet interventions; recreation; housing; socialist ideology and administration; the Nazi era and its consequences; interaction with West Germans, including the themes of who left the East, who stayed, and who came to the East; and other topics. LPG farming was big business in the Ludwigslust-Parchim region at the time, and the factories in the area included a large tannery (VEB Lederwerk "August Apfelbaum", which had formerly been a large plant of Adler and Oppenheimer), a hydraulic parts factory (for VEB Hydraulik Nord), and a factory for radio parts and telephone switchboard parts (for VEB Funkmechanik).
Sights and monuments
- The Alte Burg, a 13th-century castle, considered to be the oldest military castle in Mecklenburg.
- The Schloss (palace), completed in 1720 in Baroque style, today a hotel.
- Monument to victims of Neustadt-Glewe German-Nazi Concentration Camp
Population development
- 1855: 1,880
- 1890: 1,743
- 1925: 3,202
- 1984: 7,500
- 1995: 7,542
- 2010: 6,547
Transport
The Neustadt-Glewe railway station is served by the regional train line RB 14 (Hagenow Stadt–Parchim). There are connections to long-distance transport Berlin – Hamburg as well as regional transport to Schwerin and Wittenberge via the Ludwigslust railway station.
References
- ^ "Neustadt-Glewe concentration camp"
- ^ "Stanisława Rachwał "Herbert", "Ryś", Zygmunt" –"
- ^ Holm, Hans Axel (1973 [1969]), "The Other Germans: Report From an East German Town", Translated by Thomas Teal, Pantheon