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EUR 55 - 75 Up-Hus-Idyll
This pleasantly furnished hotel is situated in the heart of Neuruppin and invites you to enjoy a relaxing stay in friendly surroundings. This town is … MoreEUR 54 - 85 Sporthotel Neuruppin
A large leisure pool and comfortable rooms with free internet await you at this sports hotel in Neuruppin. The Ruppiner See lake is a 5-minute walk aw… MoreEUR 85 - 310 Seehotel Fontane
This 4-star hotel in Neuruppin offers a scenic location by the Ruppiner See lake, a large spa area, and 2 restaurants. The Rheinsberger Tor railway st… MoreEUR 55 - 80 Hotel Brandenburger Hof
This 3-star hotel offers comfortable rooms and a traditional restaurant in Neuruppin town centre, just a short walk away from the Ruppiner See lake an… More | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Neuruppin has the reputation of being the most Prussian of all Prussian towns, due to its former status as a Prussian garrison town. The novelist Theodor Fontane, the general Hermann Hoth, and the architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel were born in Neuruppin. Frederick II of Prussia|Frederick the Great lived in Neuruppin in his years as crown prince of Prussia.
The name Neuruppin means "New Ruppin"; the original settlement of Ruppin (later Alt Ruppin, "Old Ruppin") was located on the tiny island of Poggenwerder in the middle of a lake. It was founded about 1150. Some hundred years later, when the island became too small for the growing population, the settlement of Neuruppin on the shore of the lake was established. The first settlers built the church of St. Trinitatis (1246), which still stands today.
In 1688 Neuruppin became a Prussian garrison town. After a disastrous fire in 1787 the Classicism of the rebuilt town's buildings characterise its townscape to the present day. It remained a garrison town until the late 20th century, since Soviet (resp. Russian) troops were stationed here until 1993; during this time there were as many Soviet soldiers as inhabitants in Neuruppin.
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