# Neuzelle
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{{Infobox German location
|name = Neuzelle
|type =
|image_photo = Kloster Neuzelle Klosterteich.JPG
|image_caption = Neuzelle brewery (left) and abbey church
|image_coa = DE-BB 12-0-67-357 Neuzelle COA.svg
|coordinates = {{coord|52|05|N|14|38|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Neuzelle in LOS.PNG
|state = Brandenburg
|district = Oder-Spree
|Amt = Neuzelle
|elevation = 43
|area = 135.00
|postal_code = 15898
|area_code = 033652
|licence = LOS
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 12 0 67 357
|divisions = 11 districts
|website = [https://www.neuzelle.de/ www.neuzelle.de]
|mayor = Sven Budach[[https://wahlen.brandenburg.de/wahlen/de/kommunalwahlen/ergebnisse/buergermeisterwahlen/ergebnisse/~12067000 Landkreis Oder-Spree Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters]. Retrieved 10 July 2024.]
|leader_term = 2024–29
}}
'''Neuzelle''' ({{langx|dsb|Nowa Cala}}, {{IPA|dsb|ˈnɔwa ˈtsala|pron}}) is a [municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Germany) in the [Oder-Spree](/source/Oder-Spree) district of [Brandenburg](/source/Brandenburg), [Germany](/source/Germany), the administrative seat of ''[Amt](/source/Amt_(country_subdivision))'' (collective municipality) [Neuzelle](/source/Neuzelle_(Amt)). It is best known for [Cistercian](/source/Cistercians) [Neuzelle Abbey](/source/Neuzelle_Abbey) and its [Neuzeller Kloster Brewery](/source/Neuzeller_Kloster_Brewery).
==Geography==
Neuzelle is situated in the north of the historic [Lower Lusatia](/source/Lower_Lusatia) region near the border with [Poland](/source/Poland), about {{convert|8|km|mi|abbr=on}} south of [Eisenhüttenstadt](/source/Eisenh%C3%BCttenstadt). The municipal area along the [Dorche](/source/Dorche) creek, a tributary of the [Oder](/source/Oder) River, since 2001 also comprises the villages of Bahro, Bomsdorf, Göhlen, Henzendorf, Kobbeln, Möbiskruge, Ossendorf, Schwerzko, Steinsdorf, Streichwitz, and Treppeln. In the west, it stretches up to the [Schlaube Valley Nature Park](/source/Schlaube_Valley_Nature_Park).
==History==
thumb|left|Abbey Church
thumb|left|Abbey Church interior
The abbey was established as ''Nova Cella'' on 12 October 1268 by the [Wettin](/source/House_of_Wettin) margrave [Henry III of Lusatia](/source/Henry_III%2C_Margrave_of_Meissen) in remembrance of his deceased wife Agnes of Bohemia. Henry had acquired the strip of former [Lubusz Land](/source/Lubusz_Land) up to Fürstenberg (today's Eisenhüttenstadt) from the [Silesian](/source/Duchy_of_Silesia) duke [Bolesław II Rogatka](/source/Boles%C5%82aw_II_Rogatka) in turn for his mediation in the duke's conflict with his [Piast](/source/Silesian_Piasts) brother [Henry III the White](/source/Henry_III_the_White).
Neuzelle was a filial monastery of the Cistercian [Altzella Abbey](/source/Altzella_Abbey) (''Cella'') near [Nossen](/source/Nossen) in Henry's [Margraviate of Meissen](/source/Margraviate_of_Meissen). A first [convent](/source/convent) of brothers took residence here in 1281. From about 1300, a monastery complex was laid out, including a [Brick Gothic](/source/Brick_Gothic) [hall church](/source/hall_church), which soon became the spiritual centre of the region. The monks were granted large estates, up to [Fürstenberg am Oder](/source/Eisenh%C3%BCttenstadt) in the north and [Szydłów](/source/Szyd%C5%82%C3%B3w%2C_Lubusz_Voivodeship) (Schiedlo) beyond the Oder River in the east.
In 1367, Neuzelle with Lower Lusatia was purchased by the [Luxembourg](/source/House_of_Luxembourg) Emperor [Charles IV](/source/Charles_IV%2C_Holy_Roman_Emperor) in his capacity as [King of Bohemia](/source/Kingdom_of_Bohemia). The premises were devastated during the [Hussite Wars](/source/Hussite_Wars) in 1429 and the monks killed or abducted. Rebuilt afterwards, the monastery and its extended possessions with the [Lands of the Bohemian Crown](/source/Lands_of_the_Bohemian_Crown) became part of the [Habsburg monarchy](/source/Habsburg_monarchy) in 1526. It remained [Catholic](/source/Catholic_Church) during the [Protestant Reformation](/source/Protestant_Reformation), even after the Lutheran [Electorate of Saxony](/source/Electorate_of_Saxony) had acquired the Lusatias from the [Habsburg](/source/House_of_Habsburg) Emperor [Ferdinand II](/source/Ferdinand_II%2C_Holy_Roman_Emperor) by the 1635 [Peace of Prague](/source/Peace_of_Prague_(1635)). Heavily demolished in the [Thirty Years' War](/source/Thirty_Years'_War), the church was again rebuilt in a [Baroque](/source/Baroque_architecture) style including rich interior decorations quite unique in [Northern Germany](/source/Northern_Germany).
By the Final Act of the 1815 [Vienna Congress](/source/Congress_of_Vienna), Lower Lusatia fell to [Prussia](/source/Kingdom_of_Prussia) and was incorporated into the [Province of Brandenburg](/source/Province_of_Brandenburg), where it remained until 1947. The abbey was finally [securalised](/source/secularisation) by the order of King [Frederick William III](/source/Frederick_William_III_of_Prussia) two years later. The buildings were later used as an [orphanage](/source/orphanage) and a teachers' [seminary](/source/seminary) institution. Nevertheless, while the Neuzelle parish church turned Protestant, the abbey church remained Catholic and in 1947 was consecrated as [Blessed Virgin Mary](/source/Blessed_Virgin_Mary_(Roman_Catholic)) pilgrimage church. Today the monastery complex is held by a public foundation run by the State of Brandenburg.
After [World War II](/source/World_War_II), Neuzelle was incorporated into the State of [Brandenburg](/source/Brandenburg) from 1947 to 1952 and the [Bezirk Frankfurt](/source/Bezirk_Frankfurt) of [East Germany](/source/East_Germany) from 1952 to 1990. Since 1990, Neuzelle is again part of Brandenburg.
==Demography==
thumb|200px|left|Development of population since 1875 within the current boundaries (Blue line: Population; Dotted line: Comparison to population development of Brandenburg state; Grey background: Time of Nazi rule; Red background: Time of communist rule)
{{historical populations
|align=none | cols=2 | percentages=pagr
|title = Neuzelle: Population development
within the current boundaries (2013)[Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Population_projection_Brandenburg Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons]]
| 1875 | 5271
| 1890 | 5055
| 1910 | 4782
| 1925 | 4625
| 1933 | 4824
| 1939 | 4616
| 1946 | 6296
| 1950 | 6279
| 1964 | 5279
| 1971 | 4758
| 1981 | 4355
| 1985 | 4179
| 1989 | 4040
| 1990 | 3975
| 1991 | 3973
| 1992 | 4163
| 1993 | 4344
| 1994 | 4424
| 1995 | 4418
| 1996 | 4488
| 1997 | 4552
| 1998 | 4402
| 1999 | 4501
| 2000 | 4662
| 2001 | 4616
| 2002 | 4563
| 2003 | 4623
| 2004 | 4680
| 2005 | 4641
| 2006 | 4592
| 2007 | 4582
| 2008 | 4539
| 2009 | 4497
| 2010 | 4471
| 2011 | 4404
| 2012 | 4344
| 2013 | 4319
| 2014 | 4315
| 2015 | 4302
| 2016 | 4281
}}
==Twin town==
*{{flagicon|GER}} [Langenberg, Westphalia](/source/Langenberg%2C_Westphalia), Germany
== Sons and daughters of the community ==
thumb|right|200px|János Donát was born in Neuzelle
* Ignaz Bernhard Mauermann (1786-1841), Catholic bishop
* Julius Fräßdorf (1857-1932), politician (SPD), Saxon President of the Landtag 1919-1923
* Klaus Grebasch (* 1947), soccer player, born in Bahro
* [János Donát](/source/J%C3%A1nos_Don%C3%A1t) (1744 – 1830), German-born Hungarian painter
==References==
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{{commons category|Kloster Neuzelle}}
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