Neuenstein, Baden-Württemberg

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Town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Neuenstein within Hohenlohekreis district

(2015–23) Karl Michael Nicklas^[1]Area

• Total47.84 km² (18.47 sq mi)Elevation

284 m (932 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total6,705 • Density140/km² (360/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

74632

Dialling codes07942Vehicle registrationKÜNWebsitewww.neuenstein.de

Neuenstein is a town in the Hohenlohe district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 12 km southwest of Künzelsau, and 27 km east of Heilbronn.

The 16th century castle, home to H.S.H. the prince of Hohenlohe-Oehringen, is open to visitors.

Villages

Neuenstein consists of the following 7 villages:

Area and population as of 30 June 2019^[3]
	Area in ha	Population	Coat of arms
Kirchensall	1.406	819	Kirchensall's coat of arms
Kleinhirschbach	863	392	Neuenstein's coat of arms
Grünbühl	579	525	Grünbühl's coat of arms
Kesselfeld	378	235	Kesselfeld's coat of arms
Eschelbach	332	543	Eschelbach's coat of arms
Obersöllbach	482	319

Mayor

From 1999 to 2015 Sabine Eckert-Viereckel was the mayor. In February 2015 Karl Michael Nicklas was elected with 85% of the votes.^[4]

Sons and daughters of the town

Wendel Hipler (around 1465–1526), leader of the peasants in the German Peasants' War
Wolfgang Julius, Count of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein (1622–1698), (Count of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein and imperial Generalfeldmarschall in the Turkish War

References

^ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 13 September 2021.
^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.
^ "Ortsteile". www.neuenstein.de. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)