Langenau

This article is about the German town. For other uses, see Langenau (disambiguation).

Langenau
Town
Train station
Coat of arms
Location of Langenau within Alb-Donau-Kreis district
Location of Langenau
Langenau Show map of Germany Langenau Show map of Baden-Württemberg
Coordinates: 48°29′48″N 10°7′12″E / 48.49667°N 10.12000°E / 48.49667; 10.12000
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Tübingen
District	Alb-Donau-Kreis
Government
• Mayor (2024–32)	Daria Henning[1]
Area
• Total	75.03 km^2 (28.97 sq mi)
Elevation	458 m (1,503 ft)
Population  (2024-12-31)[2]
• Total	15,274
• Density	203.6/km^2 (527.2/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 (German pronunciation: [ˈlaŋənaʊ] ^ⓘ) 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.

Langenau St. Martin

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

Statistics

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

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

• -2016: Wolfgang Mangold
• 2016-2024: Daniel Salemi^[5][6]
• since 2024: Daria Henning

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

• Albrecht Besserer von Thalfingen (1787–1839), the acting Bavarian war minister under Ludwig I of Bavaria 1838/9
• Robert Bosch (1861-1942), founder of the Robert Bosch GmbH, born in Albeck
• Gottlob Honold (1876–1923), engineer and inventor
• Wulf Konold (1946–2010), musicologist, dramaturge and theatre director.
• Hansjörg Schlager (1948–2004), alpine skier
• Thure Riefenstein (born 1965), actor, director, writer and producer.

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.

References

1. Bürgermeisterwahl Langenau 2024, Staatsanzeiger. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
2. "Tabellengruppe 12411: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes zum 31. Dezember 2024" [Update of the population as of 31 December 2024] (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg.
3. "Historie". langenau.de. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
4. "Daten & Fakten". langenau.de. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
5. Südwest Presse Online-Dienste GmbH (2016-02-14), "Daniel Salemi wird Bürgermeister von Langenau", SWP.de (in German), archived from the original on 2016-11-08, retrieved 2016-11-08
6. PC-Wahl HTML-Modul, Berninger Software GmbH. "Ergebnis Bürgermeisterwahl 2016 Langenau - Neuwahl". Wahlen11.rz-kiru.de (in German). Retrieved 2016-11-08.
7. (PDF ; 507 kB)