Neuzelle

Neuzelle
Neuzelle
Location of Neuzelle within Oder-Spree district
Coordinates	52°04′59″N 14°37′59″E / 52.08306°N 14.63306°E / 52.08306; 14.63306Coordinates: 52°04′59″N 14°37′59″E / 52.08306°N 14.63306°E / 52.08306; 14.63306
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Brandenburg
District	Oder-Spree
Municipal assoc.	Neuzelle
subdivisions	11 districts
Mayor	Klaus Schroth (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area	135.00 km2 (52.12 sq mi)
Elevation	43 m  (141 ft)
Population	4,471 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	33 /km2 (86 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	LOS
Postal code	15898
Area code	033652
Website	www.neuzelle.de

Neuzelle is a municipality in the Oder-Spree district, Brandenburg, Germany, along the border with Poland. The settlement in the historic Lower Lusatia region is probably best known for Neuzelle Abbey and its Neuzeller Kloster Brewery.

History

Monastery church

Interior of church

The abbey was established on 12 October 1268 by Henry III the Illustrious, margrave of Lusatia, as a filial monastery of Cistercian Altzelle Abbey near Nossen in the Margraviate of Meissen. A Brick Gothic hall church was erected in the early 14th century, which soon became the spiritual centre of the region.

During the Protestant Reformation, Neuzelle with its extended possessions remained Catholic, even after the Lutheran Electorate of Saxony had acquired the Lusatias by the 1635 Peace of Prague. Heavily demolished in the Thirty Years' War, the church was rebuilt in a Baroque style including rich interior decorations. By the Final Act of the 1815 Vienna Congress, Lower Lusatia fell to Prussia and the abbey was finally securalised by the order of King Frederick William III two years later.

Twin town

• Langenberg, Westphalia, Germany

References

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.