Neumnster

Neumünster is a city in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. With more than 79,000 registered inhabitants, it is the fourth-largest municipality in the state. The Holstenhallen and the Stadthalle make the city an important trade fair location. The city is divided into nine neighborhoods: Böcklersiedlung-Bugenhagen, Brachenfeld-Rutenberg, Einfeld, Faldera, Gadeland, Gartenstadt, Stadtmitte, Tungendorf and Wittorf. It is a major railway junction with lines running in six (formerly seven) directions including the Hamburga–Kiel and Neum Münster–Flensburg lines. There is a high-power transmitting facility for the medium wave transmission programme of the Deutschlandfunk. In 2012, McArthurGlen Group opened a designer outlet shopping center in the industrial section of the city, using approximately 15,000 square meters. It was criticized by the Rural People's Movement as part of a farmers' protest movement in northern Germany from 1928 to 1933.