Neustrelitz - Markt

The Late Baroque town center of Neustrelitz is laid out in a star shape radiating from the Markt. The Markt, originally square, was given a circular form in 1866 and surrounded by two-story houses, of which the Savings Bank, the pharmacy, the Cafe am Markt and the "Goldene Kugel" ("Golden Ball") have been preserved. The Town Hall (by Buttel, 1841) is in neo-classical style. There is a plaque commemorating Engelbert Humperdinck, composer of the fairytale opera "Hansel and Gretel," who died in Neustrelitz in 1921. A more recent monument is the memorial to the Soviet dead of the Second World War.