Langenau

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Town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Langenau within Alb-Donau-Kreis district

(2016–24) Daniel Salemi^[1]Area

• Total75.00 km² (28.96 sq mi)Elevation

458 m (1,503 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total15,633 • Density210/km² (540/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

89129

Dialling codes07345Vehicle registrationULWebsitewww.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

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

The Protestant Martinskirche with Baroque altar comes from the 14th century to 18 century.

The likewise Protestant St. Leonhardskirche dates back to the 17th-18th century.

Statistics

As of 31 December 2024, 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

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

-April 2016: Wolfgang Mangold
May 2016-: Daniel Salemi,^[5]^[6] elected in February 2016.

International relations

Langenau is twinned with:^[3]

Albeck in Carinthia, Austria, since 1994
Brand-Erbisdorf, Germany, since 1991
Bridgend, Wales, since 1972
Somberek, Hungary, since 1990

Media

The newspaper Südwest-Presse is distributed in Langenau, and includes a weekly local edition "Langenau aktuell" Media Langenau date.^[7]

Education

Langenau has three primary schools, a special education school, a Werkrealschule, a Realschule and the Robert Bosch school.

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

References

^ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 11 September 2021.
^ "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.
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