Langenau | |
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Train station | |
Location of Langenau within Alb-Donau-Kreis district ![]() | |
Coordinates: 48°29′48″N 10°7′12″E / 48.49667°N 10.12000°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Baden-Württemberg |
Admin. region | Tübingen |
District | Alb-Donau-Kreis |
Government | |
• Mayor (2024–32) | Daria Henning[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 75.00 km2 (28.96 sq mi) |
Elevation | 458 m (1,503 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 15,633 |
• Density | 210/km2 (540/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 89129 |
Dialling codes | 07345 |
Vehicle registration | UL |
Website | www.langenau.de |
Langenau is a town in the district of Alb-Donau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is situated 14 km northeast of Ulm.
History
[edit]Today‘s Langenau was created in 1972 by merging the historical villages of Albeck, Göttingen and Hövelsingen into the village of Langenau. Today, the four villages function as the town‘s Ortsteile.[3]
Religious Buildings
[edit]The Protestant Martinskirche with Baroque altar comes from the 14th century to 18 century.
![](Https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Langenau_St._Martin_002.jpg/189px-Langenau_St._Martin_002.jpg)
The likewise Protestant St. Leonhardskirche dates back to the 17th-18th century.
Statistics
[edit]As of 31 December 2023, the total population is 16,045, on an area of 7,500 Hectares, and is distributed amongst the four villages as follows:[4]
Village | Population | Area
(in ha) |
Langenau | 12,623 | 4,757 |
Albeck | 1,484 | 951 |
Göttingen | 1,210 | 920 |
Hörvelsingen | 728 | 870 |
The population is aged 43,6 years on average and immigrants from other countries make up 16.3 percent of the population.[4]
Transport
[edit]Langenau is located directly on the Autobahn A7 and near the A8
Public transport is provided by the Donau-Iller-Nahverkehrsverbund (DING). Langenau is connected to the national rail network via the Brenz Railway (Brenzbahn) from Ulm to Aalen.
Mayors
[edit]International relations
[edit]Albeck in Carinthia, Austria, since 1994
Brand-Erbisdorf, Germany, since 1991
Bridgend, Wales, since 1972
Somberek, Hungary, since 1990
Media
[edit]The newspaper Südwest-Presse is distributed in Langenau, and includes a weekly local edition "Langenau aktuell" Media Langenau date.[7]
Education
[edit]Langenau has three primary schools, a special education school, a Werkrealschule, a Realschule and the Robert Bosch school.
Parks
[edit]At Langenau town Wörth is a park with a water wheel, a lake and a playground.
Celebrations
[edit]Every year on the last weekend before the summer holidays, the traditional children's festival is held with a parade of schools.
Notable people
[edit]- The acting Bavarian war minister Albrecht Besserer von Thalfingen (1787–1839) was born in Langenau.
- Robert Bosch (1861-1942), founder of the Robert Bosch GmbH
- Gottlob Honold (1876–1923), engineer and inventor
- Hansjörg Schlager (1948–2004), sportsman (ski)
- Thure Riefenstein (born 1965), actor and director
See also
[edit]- There were plans for a federal highway Bundesautobahn 86 with an exit for Langenau until the 1970s.
- The German Armed Forces Military History Research Office was situated there from 1957 to 1958.
References
[edit]- ^ Bürgermeisterwahl Langenau 2024, Staatsanzeiger. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.
- ^ a b "Historie". langenau.de. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Daten & Fakten". langenau.de. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ Südwest Presse Online-Dienste GmbH (2016-02-14), "Daniel Salemi wird Bürgermeister von Langenau", SWP.de (in German), retrieved 2016-11-08
- ^ PC-Wahl HTML-Modul, Berninger Software GmbH. "Ergebnis Bürgermeisterwahl 2016 Langenau - Neuwahl". Wahlen11.rz-kiru.de (in German). Retrieved 2016-11-08.
- ^ (PDF ; 507 kB)