Bilovec, the former Wagstadt, a municipality in the Silesian part of the Sudeten German cow country, had 4,960 inhabitants in 1930, 3,608 of them German. Around 1323 Wok von Krawarn elevated the settlement to a town, which was now called Wockenstadt. Around 1383 Wagstadt was walled up and granted privileges. It changed the rule several times. The castle from 1595 was baroque in the 18th century.

The church of St. Nicholas dates back to a building of the 14th century. In more recent times, medium-sized industrial enterprises such as a button and metal goods factory, machine factories or food and luxury food production companies were the basis of the village's income.

The certificate of partnership was signed in Bad Neustadt on 09.06.1958. The life of the Wagstadters in their old homeland is documented in the Heimatstuben in the Hohntor. 50 years after taking over the sponsorship, the contacts between Bilovec, the former Wagstadt, and Bad Neustadt a. d. Saale have recently intensified. The town twinning agreement was signed in September 2001.

On Friday, 01.05.2009, the twinning charter of the town twinning between Bad Neustadt and Cerro Maggiore was signed in a festive ceremony in the Old Town Hall in Bad Neustadt. On Saturday, 09.05.2009, the second ceremonial signing of the twinning charter takes place in Cerro Maggiore.

The delegations will be led by Mr. 1st Mayor Altrichter and Mayor Dr. Lazzati and accompanied by high-ranking members of the town council and the committees involved in the town twinning.

For Bad Neustadt Cerro Maggiore is the 6th twin town, for Cerro Maggiore Bad Neustadt is the first twin town.Cerro Maggiore is a town of comparable size to Bad Neustadt a. d. Saale.However, the structure and function of the two cities in their environment is fundamentally different.

While Bad Neustadt is a medium-sized centre with considerable importance as a location for industry, services and health care in a rural area, Cerro Maggiore, with its location between Milan Malpensa Airport and the centre of Milan, is part of the important centre of the Milan metropolitan region without its own centre function. Furthermore, Cerro Maggiore is no more than an hour's drive away from Lake Como and Lake Maggiore.

From this fundamentally different starting position, however, both sides also have attractive and varied opportunities for meeting and exchange, as each of the towns has its strengths and perspectives precisely in the fields that are not available in the twin town.

The historical and cultural points of contact between Italy and Germany range from antiquity to the present and are known to all.

Bad Neustadt can therefore assume that the town twinning with Cerro Maggiore will also develop into a lived partnership that has become rooted in the population over the years, due to the similarities as well as the charming contrasts. This is the case, for example, with the twin towns Falaise and Pershore, whose twinning anniversaries were celebrated on the 1st May weekend as part of a "Europe Day" with all twin towns and town friendships.

Pershore has about 8,000 inhabitants. Especially worth seeing is the abbey church. The distance to Worcester is 25 km, to Stratford upon Avon (Shakespeare/Theatre) 35 km and even Oxford is only 80 km away. Pershore is surrounded by a number of beautiful old towns and historic cities.

Pershore, although a charming and historic town, is also very modern and its shops and market attract shoppers from far and near. Among the modern buildings are a clinic, library and indoor swimming pool. The latter is a stately building on the edge of King George Field, the city's most important green space, in a charming location on the Avon River.

The partnership with Pershore was established by signing the deeds on 03.03.1979 in Pershore and on 12.05.1979 in Bad Neustadt.