Langenau
Langenau is a town in the district of Alb-Donau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is situated 14 km northeast of Ulm.
Langenau | |
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 Train station | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Langenau within Alb-Donau-Kreis district  | |
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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 (2016–24) | Daniel Salemi[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 75.00 km2 (28.96 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 458 m (1,503 ft) |
| Population (2021-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 15,501 |
| • 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 |
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.
International relations
Langenau is twinned with:
Albeck in Carinthia (Austria),
Brand-Erbisdorf in Sachsen (Germany),
Bridgend in Wales (Great Britain) and
Somberek (Hungary).
Media
The newspaper Südwest-Presse is distributed in Langenau, and includes a weekly local edition "Langenau aktuell" Media Langenau date.[5]
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.
The likewise Protestant St. Leonhardskirche dates back to the 17th-18th 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), which is part of Baborów
References
- Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 11 September 2021.
- "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2021" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2021] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2022.
- 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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