Neustadt an der Weinstrasse

Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, located in the Rhineland-Palatinate Land, southwestern Germany. It lies on the eastern slope of the Haardt Mountains, where the Speyer River breaks through the Haardt into the Rhine River valley. Founded in 1220 and chartered in 1275, its historic buildings include the Casimirianum (the seat of Heidelberg University, 1578–83, now a convention hall), the town hall (formerly a Jesuit college), and the Stiftskirche (“Collegiate Church”), which is a Gothic abbey church dating from the 14th century.

The city is located in the Weinstrasse (“Wine Route”), the center of the German wine trade. The Deutsche Weinlesefest (“Wine Festival”) is held annually in the city, which is also the site of a training and research institute of viticulture and horticulture.

We lived in Neustadt from 1994 to 1997 and you can see the house where we lived on the third floor in the upper center part of this photo. It was known as the former house of the Rotweinkoenigen (Red Wine King) of Neustadt!

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