Editing Neubrandenburg (section)

{{Short description|City in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany}}
{{Infobox German place
|type                = City
|image_photo        = Tollensesee-02-06-2008-187.jpg
|image_caption      = Neubrandenburg skyline with [[Tollensesee]]
|image_flag            = Flagge Neubrandenburg.svg
|image_coa             = DEU Neubrandenburg COA.svg
|coordinates        = {{coord|53|33|25|N|13|15|40|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Neubrandenburg in MBS.svg
|state         = Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
|district             = Mecklenburgische Seenplatte
|elevation               = 20
|area             = 86.11
|postal_code                = 17033, 17034, 17036, 17050<ref>[http://www.arbeitsagentur.de/Navigation/Dienststellen/RD-N/Neubrandenburg/Agentur/Agentur-Nav.html Agentur für Arbeit Neubrandenburg] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716123025/http://www.arbeitsagentur.de/Navigation/Dienststellen/RD-N/Neubrandenburg/Agentur/Agentur-Nav.html |date=2011-07-16 }}</ref>
|area_code            = 0395
|licence                = NB
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 13 0 71 107
|divisions         = 10 Stadtteile
|website           = [https://www.neubrandenburg.de/ www.neubrandenburg.de]
|mayor             = Silvio Witt<ref>[https://www.laiv-mv.de/Wahlen/Kommunalwahlen/ Kommunalwahlen in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Ergebnisse der Bürgermeisterwahlen], Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Landesamt für innere Verwaltung, accessed 7 March 2022.</ref>
|leader_term       = 2022&ndash;29
|Bürgermeistertitel = Oberbürgermeister
|party = Independent
}}

'''Neubrandenburg''' ({{IPA|de|nɔʏˈbʁandn̩bʊʁk|IPA|audio=De-Neubrandenburg.ogg}}, [[Low German]] ''Niegenbramborg'', both lit. ''New [[Brandenburg an der Havel|Brandenburg]]'') is a city in the southeast of [[Mecklenburg-Vorpommern]], [[Germany]]. It is located on the shore of a lake called [[Tollensesee]] and forms the urban centre of the [[Mecklenburg Lake District|Mecklenburg Lakeland]].

The city is famous for its rich medieval heritage of [[Brick Gothic]] architecture, including the world's best preserved defensive wall of this style as well as a [[Marienkirche, Neubrandenburg|Concert Church]] (Saint Mary), the home venue of the Neubrandenburg Philharmonic. It is part of the [[European Route of Brick Gothic]], a route which leads through seven countries along the [[Baltic Sea]] coast. Neubrandenburg is nicknamed for its four medieval city gates - ''Stadt der Vier Tore'' ("City of Four Gates").

Since 2011, Neubrandenburg has been the capital of the [[Mecklenburgische Seenplatte (district)|Mecklenburgische Seenplatte]] district. It is the [[List of cities in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern|third-largest city]] and one of the main urban centres of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The city is an economical node of northeastern Germany, featuring one of the highest national ranks in employment density and [[GDP per capita]].<ref>[http://www.neubrandenburg.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=127 Facts & numbers about Neubrandenburg] (neubrandenburg.de)</ref> The closest greater urban areas are the [[regiopolis]] of [[Rostock]] and the metropolises of [[Szczecin]], [[Berlin]] and [[Hamburg]]. Since 1991, Neubrandenburg has hosted a [[Fachhochschule|University of Applied Sciences]] that offers international exchanges, guest programs and study programs.