Neuruppin

Neuruppin
Temple garden
Neuruppin
Location of the town of Neuruppin within Ostprignitz-Ruppin district
Coordinates	52°55′59″N 12°48′0″E / 52.93306°N 12.8°E / 52.93306; 12.8Coordinates: 52°55′59″N 12°48′0″E / 52.93306°N 12.8°E / 52.93306; 12.8
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Ostprignitz-Ruppin
Mayor	Jens-Peter Golde (Pro Ruppin)
Basic statistics
Area	303.32 km2 (117.11 sq mi)
Elevation	44 m  (144 ft)
Population	31,599 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	104 /km2 (270 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	OPR
Postal codes	16816, 16818, 16827
Area codes	03391, 033925, 033929, 033932, 033933
Website	www.neuruppin.de

Neuruppin (German pronunciation: [nɔʏʁʊˈpiːn]) is a town in Brandenburg, Germany. Located on the shore of Ruppiner See (a lake), it is the capital of the district of Ostprignitz-Ruppin. Population: 32,800 (1999).

Overview

Statue of Frederick William II

Neuruppin has the reputation of being the most Prussian of all Prussian towns, due to its former status as a Prussian garrison town. The novelist Theodor Fontane, the architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel, the lieutenant colonel Otto Friedrich Ferdinand von Görschen, the general Hermann Hoth, the serial killer Karl Großmann and the actor Klaus Schwarzkopf were born in Neuruppin. Frederick the Great lived in Neuruppin in his years as crown prince of Prussia. Prussian general and military strategist Carl Phillip Gottlieb von Clausewitz also resided in Neuruppin for a few years.

The name Neuruppin means "New Ruppin"; the original settlement of Ruppin (later Alt Ruppin, "Old Ruppin") was located on north-eastern shore of the Ruppiner See. It was founded about 1150. Some hundred years later, when the settlement became too small for the growing population, Neuruppin on the western shore of the lake was established by the Dukes of Lindow-Ruppin. Wichmann von Arnstein founded the Monastery of Neuruppin (1246). Today only the monastery-church is still standing. At the Reformation the church is called Sankt Trinitatis.

In 1688 Neuruppin became a Prussian garrison town. After a disastrous fire in 1787 the Classicism of the rebuilt town's buildings characterise its townscape to the present day. It remained a garrison town until the late 20th century, since Soviet (resp. Russian) troops were stationed here until 1993; during this time there were as many Soviet soldiers as inhabitants in Neuruppin.

Photo gallery

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  Schinkel statue

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  Statue by Matthias Zágon Hohl-Stein

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  Manor house of the family Gentz in Gentzrode

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  Ruppiner See (Ruppin lake) with monastry church towers]]

References

Stolperstein

1. ^ "Bevölkerung im Land Brandenburg am am 30. Dezember 2010 nach amtsfreien Gemeinden, Ämtern und Gemeinden. Gebietsstand: 31.12.2010" (in German). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg. 31 December 2010. http://www.statistik-berlin-brandenburg.de//Publikationen/OTab/2011/OT_A01-04-00_124_201012_BB.pdf. 

See also

• Ruppiner See

External links

Media related to Neuruppin at Wikimedia Commons