Langenau
Langenau is a town in the district of Alb-Donau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is situated 14 km northeast of Ulm.
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Coordinates: 48°29′48″N 10°7′12″E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Baden-Württemberg |
Admin. region | Tübingen |
District | Alb-Donau-Kreis |
Government | |
• Mayor | Daniel Salemi |
Area | |
• Total | 75.00 km2 (28.96 sq mi) |
Elevation | 458 m (1,503 ft) |
Population (2018-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 15,247 |
• Density | 200/km2 (530/sq mi) |
Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
Postal codes | 89129 |
Dialling codes | 07345 |
Vehicle registration | UL |
Website | www.langenau.de |
Transport
Langenau is located directly on the Autobahn A7 and near the A8
Public transport is guaranteed by the Donau-Iller-Nahverkehrsverbund (DING). Langenau is connected to the national rail network via the Brenz Railway (Brenzbahn) from Ulm to Aalen.
Mayors
International relations
Langenau is twinned with:
Albeck in Carinthia (Austria), Brand-Erbisdorf in Sachsen (Germany), Bridgend in Wales (Great Britain) and Somberek (Hungary).
Media
In Langenau appears the newspaper Südwest-Presse, which includes a weekly local edition "Langenau aktuell" Media Langenau date will appear.[4]
Education
Langenau has three primary schools, a special education school, a Werkrealschule, a Realschule and the Robert Bosch school.
Religious Buildings
The Protestant Martinskirche with Baroque altar comes from the 14th century to 18 century.
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The also Protestant St. Leonhardskirche, dates back to the 17/18th century. Century.
Parks
At Langenau town Wörth is a park with a water wheel, a lake and a playground.
Celebrations
Every year on the last weekend before the summer holidays, the traditional children's festival is held with a parade of schools.
Notable people
- 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
- 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.
- There is a village in Poland Langowo (German: Langenau), that belongs to Baborów
References
- "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2018". Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg (in German). July 2019.
- 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.
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