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Neumünster (German pronunciation: [nɔʏˈmʏnstɐ]) is an independent town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, which has a total of four independent towns.
History
The first historic record of the precursor village "Wippendorf" dates from 1127.
Current Situation
Neumünster station is 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 the program of Deutschlandfunk, the Ehndorf transmitter, which is often named incorrectly as "Neumünster transmitter".
Geography
Neumünster is located at river Schwale, 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 is close to the town.
Partner cities
Germany Parchim, Germany
United Kingdom Gravesend, United Kingdom
Poland Koszalin, Poland
Poland Giżycko, Poland
Turkey İlkadım, Samsun, Turkey (2006)
Notable residents
Mona Barthel, b. 1990, tennis player
Walter Bartram, 1893–1971, politician
Detlev Blanke, b. 1941, esperantist
Panik, Nu-Metal Band
Stefan Schnoor, b. 1971, footballer
Wilf Smith, born Wilfred Schmidt in 1946, footballer
Gerhard Wessel, 1913–2002, President of Bundesnachrichtendienst (1968–78)
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