Neustadt (urban district)

Examples are Bielefeld in Westphalia and Elbing in the territory of the Teutonic Order (now Elbląg in Poland).

In Bielefeld, the Altstadt concentrated on trade, the Neustadt concentrated on logistics for the ruler and government of the County of Ravensberg, which was seated at Sparrenburg Castle above the town.

In Wrocław, Silesia, the Neustadt was the German foundation beneath the original Polish Altstadt.

In some places the "Neustadt" was a late medieval enlargement, sometimes the consequence of a growth of population, sometimes of modernized fortifications.

Prague, with the foundation of the Nové Město (Neustadt) by Charles IV in 1348, became one of the first widespread cities north of the Alps.