Neustadt an der Weinstraße (pronounced [ˈnɔʏʃtat ʔan deːɐ̯ ˈvaɪnˌʃtʁaːsə], formerly known as Neustadt an der Haardt [- ˈhaːɐ̯t]; Luxembourgish: Neustadt op der Wäistrooss [ˈnoɪʃtɑd op dɐ ˈvæːɪʃtʀoːs]; Palatine German: Naischdadt) is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. With 53,300 inhabitants as of 2020, it is the largest town called Neustadt.
The town itself lies in the western park of the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region between the Haardt mountains, the eastern edge of the Palatinate Forest, and the western edge of the Upper Rhine Plain in the middle of the Palatinate wine region, an area that is around 10 km wide and 85 km long. The Speyerbach river flows through the town from west to east as does the Rehbach, which separates from the Speyerbach within the town at the Winzinger Wassergescheid before emptying into the River Rhine several kilometres further north than the Speyerbach.
The borough, with its incorporated parishes, measures 22.5 km (14.0 mi) from west to east and 9.5 km (5.9 mi) from north to south. Its highest point is 619 m above sea level (NN) at the Hohe Loog House at the top of the Hohe Loog mountain and its lowest is 108 m above NN in the village of Geinsheim.
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