 neustadt an der weinstraÃe (formerly known as "neustadt an der haardt") is a town located in rhineland-palatinate, germany. with 53,892 inhabitants as of 2002, it is the largest town called neustadt. == geography == === location === thumb|left|the rhine-neckar metropolitan region: neustadt highlit in red the town itself lies in the western park of the rhine-neckar metropolitan region between the haardt mountains, the eastern edge of the palatinate forest, and the western edge of the upper rhine plain in the middle of the palatinate wine region, an area that is around 10&nbsp;kilometres wide and 85&nbsp;kilometres long. the speyerbach river flows through the town from west to east as does the rehbach, which separates from the speyerbach within the town at the winzinger wassergescheid before emptying into the river rhine several kilometres further north than the speyerbach. the borough, with its incorporated parishes, measures  from west to east and  from north to south. its highest point is  at the hohe loog house at the top of the hohe loog mountain and its lowest is  in the village of geinsheim. === municipal divisions === ==== town and town quarters ==== over time the original town and its surrounding settlements, hamlets and farmsteads have grown together, blurring the original boundaries of the town. today these have become the town quarters of branchweilerhof in the southeast, the hambacher hÃ¶he to the southwest, the afrikaviertel (so named because its streets are named after researchers into africa) and the schÃ¶ntal to the west. these quarters do not have any particular privileges and do not legally count as incorporated districts. the best-known quarter is winzingen which was first recorded in 774 and thus much older than the neustadt or "new town" founded in the early 13th century. it was a wine growing village that lay below the speyerbach, i.e. to the east of the new settlement. in 1892 it was incorporated into the then neustadt an der haardt. 
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