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8 unusual facts about Neustadt an der Orla


Bismarck monument

Hain, Weimar und Jena 2003, ISBN 3-89807-045-X (über den Bismarckturm in Neustadt an der Orla).

Dietmar Schauerhammer

Dietmar Schauerhammer (born 12 August 1955; Neustadt an der Orla, Thuringia) is an East German two-time Winter Olympic champion, pentathlete, decathlete and bob pusher for six-time World champion, two-time Olympic champion, four-time European champion, two-time German champion and five-time GDR champion Wolfgang Hoppe who competed during the 1980s.

Frederick Henry, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz-Pegau-Neustadt

Frederick Heinrich of Saxe-Zeitz-Pegau-Neustadt (b. Moritzburg, 21 July 1668 - d. Neustadt an der Orla, 18 December 1713), was a German prince of the House of Wettin.

Shortly after, his older brother, Duke Maurice Wilhelm of Saxe-Zeitz, gave him the towns of Pegau and Neustadt as appanage.

Gerhard Franke

After German Reunification, Franke turned toward figurative paintings set in the countryside around the castle of Arnshaugk, near Neustadt an der Orla, where he had lived as a recluse until his death in 2002.

Johann Ernst Hebenstreit

Johann Ernst Hebenstreit (January 15, 1703 – December 5, 1757) was a German physician and naturalist born in Neustadt an der Orla.

Johannes Walther

Johannes Walther (July 20, 1860 in Neustadt an der Orla, Germany – May 4, 1937 in Bad Hofgastein, Germany) was a German geologist who discovered important principles of stratigraphy, including Walther's Law.

Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz

#Frederick Heinrich (b. Moritzburg, 21 July 1668 - d. Neustadt an der Orla, 18 December 1713), inherited Pegau and Neustadt.



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