Neuler lies on a ridge between the Kocher and Jagst rivers, about seven kilometers southwest of Ellwangen. It has a share in the natural regions of the Eastern Swabian Foothills and the Swabian-Franconian Forest Mountains, both of which belong to the Swabian Keuper-Lias Lands.[3]
The municipality of Neuler includes the village of Neuler, the hamlets of Bronnen, Ebnat, Gaishardt, Leinenfirst, Ramsenstrut and Schwenningen, the court Haldenhof, and the houses Adlersteige, Binderhof, Burghardsmühle, Burgstall, Himmelreich, Kohlwasen, Pfaffenhölzle and Schönberger Hof, as well as the deserted villages of Burgstall, Gern, Oberbrandhof, Schlierhof, Schliermühle, Schöffelhöfe and Schönenberg.[4]
Neuler was first documented in 1113. In 1746, the baroque parish church was built on the foundations of a Gothic church. The town originally belonged to the Prince-Provostry of Ellwangen. With secularization resulting from the Principal Conclusion of the Imperial Deputation in 1803, thePrince-Provostry, including Neuler, fell to the Electorate of Württemberg, which became the Kingdom of Württemberg in 1806. In accordance with the new administrative division, Neuler was assigned to theOberamt of Ellwangen. As part of the district reform during theNazi era in Württemberg, Neuler came under theAalen district in 1938. AfterWorld War II, Neuler belonged to the postwar state ofWürttemberg-Baden, founded in 1945 in theAmerican occupation zone, from 1945 to 1952. In 1952, the municipality became part of the new state ofBaden-Württemberg. In the postwar years, the formerly agriculturally characterized town developed into a workers' residential community.[5] Through the district reform of 1973, Neuler became part of the newly createdOstalbkreis district.
Even after the introduction of the Reformation in other parts of Germany, Neuler remained predominantly Catholic. Today the majority of residents are affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church of St. Benedict. The few Protestants belong to the parish of Ellwangen.
Neuler is known for its carnival parade. Every year on Carnival Sunday, up to 25,000 people line the streets to watch the carnival parade with its many themed floats and marching groups.
Neuler, in Julius Hartmann, Eduard Paulus (editors): Beschreibung des Oberamts Ellwangen (= Die Württembergischen Oberamtsbeschreibungen 1824–1886, volumes 64). W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1886, pages 628–641 (Fulltext from Wikisource).
^Naturräume Baden-Württembergs. Landesanstalt für Umwelt, Messungen und Naturschutz Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart 2009.
^Das Land Baden-Württemberg. Amtliche Beschreibung nach Kreisen und Gemeinden. Band IV: Regierungsbezirk Stuttgart, Regionalverbände Franken und Ostwürttemberg. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-17-005708-1, pages 711–713.
^Statistisches Bundesamt (editor):Historisches Gemeindeverzeichnis für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Namens-, Grenz- und Schlüsselnummernänderungen bei Gemeinden, Kreisen und Regierungsbezirken vom 27.5.1970 bis 31.12.1982. W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1, page 472.