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Neuruppin is a town in Brandenburg
Brandenburg

Brandenburg is one of the sixteen states of Germany of Germany. It lies in the east of the country and is one of the new federal states that were re-created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany....
, Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
. Located on the shore of the Ruppiner See (a lake), it is the capital of the district of Ostprignitz-Ruppin
Ostprignitz-Ruppin

Ostprignitz-Ruppin is a Kreis in the northwestern part of Brandenburg, Germany. Neighboring are the districts M?ritz and Mecklenburg-Strelitz in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the districts...
. Population: 32,800 (1999).

Neuruppin has the reputation of being the most Prussian of all Prussia
Prussia

Prussia was, most recently, a historic state originating out of the Duchy of Prussia and the Margraviate of Brandenburg. This state had for centuries substantial influence on Germany and European history....
n towns, due to its former status as a Prussian garrison town. The novelist Theodor Fontane
Theodor Fontane

Theodor Fontane was a Germany novelist and poet, regarded by many to be the most important 19th-century German-language Literary realism writer....
, the general Hermann Hoth
Hermann Hoth

Hermann "Papa" Hoth was an Officer in the Germany military from 1903 to 1945, attaining the rank of Generaloberst during World War II. He fought in battle of France, and is most noted for his later exploits as a panzer commander on the Eastern Front ....
, and the architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel
Karl Friedrich Schinkel

Karl Friedrich Schinkel was a Germany architect and painter. Schinkel was the most prominent architect of neoclassicism in Prussia.Schinkel was born in Neuruppin in the Margraviate of Brandenburg....
 were born in Neuruppin. Frederick the Great
Frederick II of Prussia

Frederick II was a monarch of Kingdom of Prussia from the House of Hohenzollern. In his role as a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire, he was Frederick IV of Margraviate of Brandenburg....
 lived in Neuruppin in his years as crown prince
Crown Prince

A Crown Prince or Crown Princess is the heir apparent to the throne in a royal or imperial monarchy. The wife of a crown prince is also titled crown princess....
 of Prussia.

The name Neuruppin means "New Ruppin"; the original settlement of Ruppin (later Alt Ruppin, "Old Ruppin") was located on north-eastern shore of the Ruppiner See.






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Neuruppin is a town in Brandenburg
Brandenburg

Brandenburg is one of the sixteen states of Germany of Germany. It lies in the east of the country and is one of the new federal states that were re-created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany....
, Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
. Located on the shore of the Ruppiner See (a lake), it is the capital of the district of Ostprignitz-Ruppin
Ostprignitz-Ruppin

Ostprignitz-Ruppin is a Kreis in the northwestern part of Brandenburg, Germany. Neighboring are the districts M?ritz and Mecklenburg-Strelitz in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the districts...
. Population: 32,800 (1999).

Neuruppin has the reputation of being the most Prussian of all Prussia
Prussia

Prussia was, most recently, a historic state originating out of the Duchy of Prussia and the Margraviate of Brandenburg. This state had for centuries substantial influence on Germany and European history....
n towns, due to its former status as a Prussian garrison town. The novelist Theodor Fontane
Theodor Fontane

Theodor Fontane was a Germany novelist and poet, regarded by many to be the most important 19th-century German-language Literary realism writer....
, the general Hermann Hoth
Hermann Hoth

Hermann "Papa" Hoth was an Officer in the Germany military from 1903 to 1945, attaining the rank of Generaloberst during World War II. He fought in battle of France, and is most noted for his later exploits as a panzer commander on the Eastern Front ....
, and the architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel
Karl Friedrich Schinkel

Karl Friedrich Schinkel was a Germany architect and painter. Schinkel was the most prominent architect of neoclassicism in Prussia.Schinkel was born in Neuruppin in the Margraviate of Brandenburg....
 were born in Neuruppin. Frederick the Great
Frederick II of Prussia

Frederick II was a monarch of Kingdom of Prussia from the House of Hohenzollern. In his role as a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire, he was Frederick IV of Margraviate of Brandenburg....
 lived in Neuruppin in his years as crown prince
Crown Prince

A Crown Prince or Crown Princess is the heir apparent to the throne in a royal or imperial monarchy. The wife of a crown prince is also titled crown princess....
 of Prussia.

The name Neuruppin means "New Ruppin"; the original settlement of Ruppin (later Alt Ruppin, "Old Ruppin") was located on north-eastern shore of the Ruppiner See. It was founded about 1150. Some hundred years later, when the settlement became too small for the growing population, Neuruppin on the western 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
Classicism

File:Nicolas Poussin 055.jpgClassicism, in the The Arts, refers generally to a high regard for classical antiquity, as setting standards for taste which the classicists seeks to emulate....
 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. This town was also mentioned by the German hiphop band K.I.Z. in their song "Neuruppin".