Since 2008 Wolfgang Haberberger is the mayor of Neustadt am Kulm. He was re-elected in 2014 and 2020. The medieval
hilltop castles on the two Kulms were destroyed in 1554. Only fragmentary remains have survived: the
burgstalls of
Rauhenkulm Castle and
Schlechtenkulm Castle. The Rauher Kulm was selected in a survey by the
Heinz Sielmann Stiftung EUROPARC Deutschland as Germany's most beautiful natural wonder for 2013. Twenty-one natural monuments were chosen from the national natural landscapes and other regions of Germany. Second place went to the
Steinerne Rose near
Saalburg-Ebersdorf. In third place was the
Stiefel rock formation near
St. Ingbert. == Personalities ==