Neustadt, Ontario

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Neustadt, Ontario is a community in the Municipality of West Grey in Grey County in southern Ontario, Canada. The village is located south of Hanover on Grey Road 10.

Neustadt is the birthplace of the thirteenth Prime Minister of Canada, John Diefenbaker. The home where John Diefenbaker was born is preserved as a national monument.

In their April 2000 edition, Harrowsmith Magazine named Neustadt one of Canada's ten prettiest villages.

The village was founded in 1855 by David Winkler, a settler from Germany. He bought 400 acres (~162 ha) of land from the Government and set about laying out the new community. The village's name is German for "new town", and indeed, there are several places in Germany by that name (currently 27). Neustadt has a working brewery called Neustadt Springs which has won several awards for its beers. The brewery is housed in a building that dates back to 1869. There are several other attractions, including the Diefenbaker family home.

In 2000, the Village of Neustadt amalgamated with the Townships of Bentinck, Glenelg and Normanby to form West Grey. Durham joined West Grey in 2001.

Neustadt's coordinates are 44.08°N, 81°W.