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23-447: The nature park lies near Neumünster only a few kilometres west of the A 7 motorway . Two landscape forms occur in the park: the flat and pure loamy ground moraine landscape and the considerably more subdivided push moraine landscape , that rises to about 80 metres above NN . The area of the nature park includes all or part of the following 42 towns and municipalities: The landscape is characterised by moraines , woods, heath and

46-545: A brewery at Großflecken . In 1926, Joseph Goebbels spoke to the local members there. In 1929 there were reportedly 29 members of the local Nazi Party group, but this number increased to 400 members a year later and to over 2,000 members by 1932. Shortly after the Nazi seizure of power , Großflecken was renamed to Adolf-Hitler-Platz (English: Adolf Hitler Place). On Kristallnacht in 1938, all Jewish men were arrested and sent to KZ Sachsenhausen . During World War 2 , Neumünster

69-679: A comprehensive network of bridleways , cycleways and trails . The Cheese Road goes through the southern part of the reserve. For walkers the Nature Park Way links the 5 nature parks in Schleswig-Holstein. On the A 7 there is an information board which describes the landscapes and points of interest along the motorways by the nature park. 54°04′N 9°44′E  /  54.067°N 9.733°E  / 54.067; 9.733 Neum%C3%BCnster Neumünster ( German pronunciation: [nɔʏˈmʏnstɐ] )

92-611: A large number of ponds. The most important rivers in the nature park are the Stör and its many tributaries in the centre and the smaller Bünzau with its tributaries, the Buckener Au , Fuhlenau and Höllenau . Its highest point is the Itzespitze (83.4 m). The near-natural woodlands and their springs, streams and ponds which are typical of the nature park provide habitats for many endangered animal and plant species. These include

115-415: A wooded area of 24 hectares. The raised bog Dosenmoor near Einfeld northeast of Neumünster has an area of 521 hectares and is the largest and best preserved raised bog in Schleswig-Holstein. Due to the good condition of the moor, a diverse flora and fauna can be explored here. The nature reserve on the western shore of Einfelder See protects the near-natural shoreline landscape with siltation zones and

138-608: Is a city 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 ). The Holstenhallen and the Stadthalle make the city an important trade fair location. The city was first formally mentioned as Wippendorp im Gau Faldera in 1127. In that year, the Bishop Vicelinus

161-459: Is a so-called " independent city " (German: Kreisfreie Stadt ) as it is not part of a district (German: Kreis ). Großflecken ( English : Large spot), a large, centrally-located street and public space in the city, became a place for civil unrest several times. In March 1848, riots broke out at Großflecken as part of the German revolution and again in 1923 during a period of inflation. The city

184-489: Is an art foundation established in 2001 by Brigitte and Herbert Gerisch and based in Neumünster-Brachenfeld. The foundation serves the care, promotion and presentation of regional as well as international contemporary art. At the same time as the foundation was established, an international sculpture park was continuously built up. The Keramikkünstlerhaus Neumünster (until 2022 Stadttöpferei Neumünster)

207-565: Is an artists' house in Neumünster, which has been awarding work and residency scholarships for outstanding international graduates in the field of artistic ceramics since 1987. The Keramikkünstlerhaus is located in the Fürsthof, a small street in Neumünster's historic city center. The three-story brick building was built around 1900. The Tierpark Neumünster houses about 700 animals from a total of 100 species of mammals, birds and reptiles on

230-576: Is close to the town. The Museum Tuch + Technik shows the history of the cloth-making craft from the Iron Age to the present day as well as of the city of Neumünster. The museum, which is supported by the Foundation Museum, Art and Culture of the City of Neumünster, was reopened on October 13, 2007 with a revised exhibition in a specially constructed building. The Herbert Gerisch Foundation

253-457: Is divided into nine neighborhoods: Böcklersiedlung-Bugenhagen, Brachenfeld-Rutenberg, Einfeld, Faldera, Gadeland, Gartenstadt, Stadtmitte, Tungendorf and Wittorf. Neumünster 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

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276-627: Is intended to bring together the different interests of land users in the region and enable effective conservation work to be carried out. This approach has since become known as the Aukrug Way nationwide. In the first year of its existence the Nature Conservation Circle was able to set up or carry out several projects, including the re-watering of the Viertshöher Moor . The region caters well for tourists and has

299-609: The black stork , the eagle owl , many species of bat , the red kite , the common spadefoot toad and the alpine newt . Unique in Schleswig-Holstein are the wild-growing wolf's bane meadows. Since 2002 Heck cattle have been kept in order to control certain areas. In 2001 the Aukrug Nature Conservation Circle ( Naturschutzring ) was founded with assistance from the Schrobach Stiftung. This merger of various conservation organizations

322-435: The industry eventually left the city due to competition from overseas and Neumünster's last cloth factory closed in the beginning of the 1990s. This, among other reasons, led to Neumünster having a relatively high rate of unemployment compared to nationwide averages. In 2012, McArthurGlen Group opened a designer outlet shopping center in the industrial section of the city, using approximately 15,000 square meters. The city

345-507: The on-demand shuttle service. The additional fees were cancelled and the service can now be used with the normal bus tickets. The University of Applied Sciences Kiel offers a bachelor's degree in nursing at its Neumünster site. Neumünster is located at the rivers Schwale and Stör , near the geographical center of Schleswig-Holstein, 35 kilometres (22 mi) south of Kiel , 65 kilometres (40 mi) north of Hamburg and 72 kilometres (45 mi) west of Lübeck . The Aukrug Nature Park

368-540: The open water areas in front of them. The current mayor of Neumünster is Tobias Bergmann of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). The most recent mayoral election was held on 9 May 2021, with a runoff held on 30 May, and the results were as follows: In 1870 Neumünster received the town privileges. The Neumünster city council governs the city alongside the Mayor. The most recent city council election

391-576: The programmes of Deutschlandfunk , the Ehndorf transmitter , which is often named incorrectly as "Neumünster transmitter". The city has an airfield and a hospital. The utility company, "Stadtwerke Neumünster" (SWN), also manages local inter-city bus routes. In 2022, SWN ended all its inter-city bus service for Sundays and holidays, instead offering an on-demand shuttle van requiring an additional "comfort surcharge" on top of regular bus fares. Beginning in autumn 2023 more regular bus lines were replaced by

414-492: The second millennium. The city law customary in Central Europe probably dates back to Italian models, which in turn were oriented towards the traditions of the self-administration of Roman cities. Judicially, a borough (or burgh ) was distinguished from the countryside by means of a charter from the ruling monarch that defined its privileges and laws . Common privileges involved trade (marketplace,

437-468: The storing of goods, etc.) and the establishment of guilds . Some of these privileges were permanent and could imply that the town obtained the right to be called a borough , hence the term "borough rights" ( German : Stadtrecht ; Dutch : stadsrechten ). Some degree of self-government , representation by diet , and tax-relief could also be granted. Multiple tiers existed; for example, in Sweden ,

460-472: Was bombed multiple times by Allied forces in 1945, partly because of its importance as a railway junction and industrial city. The British took control of the City in May 1945. In the fall of 1946, the state of Schleswig-Holstein was founded and postwar Neumünster held its first municipal election. Neumünster used to be a hub for the textile industry, with its first fulling mill going back to 1566. However,

483-533: Was criticized by the Rural People's Movement as part of a farmers' protest movement in northern Germany from 1928 to 1933, which was the basis for Hans Fallada 's novel A Small Circus (Bauern, Bonzen und Bomben). The city's Hans Fallada Prize is named after him. The Schleswig-Holstein Nazi Party was founded in 1925 by Hinrich Lohse . The local Nazi Party group of Neumünster met at Hofbräu München,

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506-580: Was held on 6 May 2018, and the results were as follows: Neumünster is twinned with: The 10,000 capacity Grümmi-Arena (formerly the VfR-Stadion an der Geerdtsstraße), built in 1927, is the home ground of the football team known as VfR Neumünster . The stadium once hosted motorcycle speedway and Team 70 Neumünster (founded in 1970) were the first champions of West Germany in 1973. Town privileges Town privileges or borough rights were important features of European towns during most of

529-490: Was sent there by the Archbishop of Bremen to perform missionary work. By 1136, Vicelinus built a new monastery there ( Latin : novum monasterium, Greco-Latin : Neomonasterium, German : neues Kloster or neues Münster ). The name "Novum monasterium" eventually replaced the previous names of Wippendorf and Faldera and led to the current name. In April 1870, Neumünster received town privileges . Since 1903 Neumünster

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