Neustadt, Westerwaldkreis  Neustadt/ Westerwald is an "Ortsgemeinde" – a community belonging to a "Verbandsgemeinde" – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The community lies in the Westerwald between Siegen and Limburg an der Lahn. Through the community flows the Große Nister. Neustadt belongs to the "Verbandsgemeinde" of Rennerod, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town. Neustadt is surrounded by the communities of Niederroßbach in the north, Emmerichenhain in the east, Hellenhahn-Schellenberg in the south and Höhn in the west. In 1384, Neustadt/Westerwald had its first documentary mention. Roughly 82% of the population is Catholic with the other 18% following either another or no faith. The council is made up of 12 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004. The wavy bend sinister in the community's arms stands for its location on the Große Nister. The black eagle in gold – the Imperial eagle – symbolizes today's rural area of "Forstwiese", which was once an Imperial forest. The waterwheel stands for the two former mills at Neustadt, which did grinding for the Neustadt-Hellenhahn-Schellenberg milling region. The tinctures gold and blue are Nassau's (golden lion in blue) and refer to the community's former territorial allegiance. Neustadt is a member of the international town friendship group Neustadt in Europa with 34 members in five countries (as of 15 August 2005). Right near the community run "Bundesstraßen" 54, linking Limburg an der Lahn with Siegen, and 255, leading from Montabaur to Herborn. The nearest Autobahn interchange is "Haiger/Burbach" on the A 45 (Dortmund–Hanau), some 18 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.