Langenau

Langenau is a town in the Alb -Donau-Kreis in Baden- Württemberg.

With around 14,500 inhabitants Langenau is the second largest city in the Alb -Donau-Kreis, she is on the edge of the Swabian Alb.

  • 3.1 Mayor
  • 3.2 municipal
  • 3.3 Coat of Arms
  • 3.4 Town twinning
  • 3.5 Political Extremism
  • 4.1 traffic
  • 4.2 Water supply
  • 4.3 Established businesses
  • 4.4 Media
  • 4.5 Education
  • 5.1 Religious Buildings
  • 5.2 parks
  • 5.3 Sport
  • 5.4 Music
  • 5.5 Fixed
  • 6.1 Sons and daughters of the town

Geography

Geographical location

Langenau is northeast and in the immediate vicinity of Ulm and the Bavarian Elchingen. By Langenau the river flows Nau.

Neighboring communities

The city is bordered to the north by Nerenstetten and Öllingen, to the east by Rammingen, in the south on the town Leipheim and Elchingen (both in Bavaria ) and at Ulm, on the west by Beimerstetten and Bern city.

Boroughs

Langenau consists of the core city, the three independent communities until 1972 Albeck, Göttingen, Hörvelsingen and Easter Stetten, Stuppelau and Witthau. Add to this the relocated farms as Kornberg farms, fishing farms, Riedhöfe, Daunerhof, Sixenmühle, perennials yards, Boschhof, Laurenhof, St. Nikolaushof, Schammenhöfe, hard garden courtyards, healers angle farms

History

Named after the river was the settlement Nau as Naue or first time in a document dated 9 September 1003 Nawe.

Langenau was in ostalamannischen room where the custom of the horse-sacrifice and the horses funeral was especially practiced frequently. 1971 were investigated archaeologically two 1990 three burial grounds. The found horses funeral with horse skeleton from Langenau clearly show the Alemannic burial rites.

In the course of municipal reform in Baden- Württemberg, the community Göttingen were on 29 February 1972, the municipalities Albeck and Hörvelsingen and on 1 April 1972 incorporated to Langenau.

Policy

Langenau is the seat of the local government association Langenau, the next to the city Langenau the communities Altheim ( Alb), Asselfingen, Ball village, Bernstadt, Börslingen, Wyke, Holzkirch, Neenstetten, Nerenstetten, Öllingen, Rammingen, Setzingen and Weidenstetten belong.

Mayor

The mayor is elected for a term of eight years. This ends with incumbent Wolfgang Mangold on March 31, 2016.

Parish council

The local elections of 7 June 2009 resulted in a turnout of 56.3 % ( - 0.8) the following result:

Coat of arms

  • The coat of arms of the city Langenau of 1855 shows in split, split down the top plate in gold a jumping black horse. Below the front in red at three rings hanging a dreilatzige, golden befranste silver Lehnsfahne, divided back of black and silver. Jumping horse makes the once important in Langenau horse breeding carefully. The church banner refers to the Werdenberger as masters of Albeck. The black and silver colors indicate membership in the free imperial city of Ulm from 1377 to 1802.
  • The 1933 fixed crest of Albeck shows in split sign out front in red a silver heraldic lily ( lily stalk ), back in silver two oblique red bar.
  • The Göttingen coat of arms is divided by red and gold by lily -section.
  • The Hörvelsinger coat of arms shows a black plate under the main, topped with a golden lens stalk, which points to the earlier lens attachment, in blue, the three-lobed red Lehnsfahne the Count Palatine of Tübingen, of which a branch was the noble family of Werdenberger.

Coat of Arms Albeck

Coat of Göttingen

Coat of Arms Hörvelsingen

Twinning

Langenau maintains partnership relations with

  • Albeck in Carinthia ( Austria ),
  • Langenau, part of Brand-Erbisdorf in Saxony ( Germany ),
  • Bridgend in Wales ( UK) and
  • Somberek in Baranya county (Hungary).

Political extremism

In Langenau both right-and left -wing groups are active. Thus emerged in the past repeatedly sprayer trouble with Communist or Nazi content on. So there are former Nazis be resident who represent the new generation material support and infrastructure. In the past, it came by it to several demonstrations and rallies nationalist people. Furthermore, in Langenau regularly political actions by referring to an information portal "National Socialists " instead. In particular, the Initiative Group May 8 warns against these states.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

Langenau is connected by motorways 7 ( Flensburg- Füssen) and 8 ( Luxembourg - Salzburg) not only with the regional road network, but also internationally with Denmark, Luxembourg and Austria.

The public transport is guaranteed by the Danube -Iller - Nahverkehrsverbund. About the Brenz Railway from Ulm to Aalen Langenau is connected to the national rail network.

Water supply

Langenau considered one of the richest source locations in Germany. Here also the main version of the purpose association for regional water supply is located, which serves more than 3 million people in Baden- Württemberg with drinking water. Also, the state capital Stuttgart obtains some of its drinking water from Langenau. The western districts of Langenau (from A7 Albeck, Göttingen, Hörvelsingen ) are supplied by the purpose of water supply association Ulmer Alb with drinking water and belong to the field of Albwasserversorgung.

Established businesses

In Langenau Founded in 1948, the outdoor shipping South West Versand GmbH is established, which also operates an outlet sale. In addition, the scrap trading company Walter Kunze Group is headquartered there. The Finkbeiner Beverage Logistics has its headquarters and central warehouse in Langenau. From Langenau from about 90 locations with drinks will be supplied. Most markets are in Württemberg and Bavaria - Swabia. Direct has the A7 is the Dachser Intelligent Logistics GmbH. In October 2012, Dachser has invested 26 million euros in two new warehouses. Now, with some 60,000 square meters of storage area of ​​this site is among the largest of the company. 54,000 Of the total 115,000 pallet spaces are cooled. 50 trucks to dock at one of the 226 dock doors simultaneously.

Media

The daily Southwest press, accompanied by a weekly local edition " Langenau date " appears in Langenau.

From 1860, the weekly " Langenauer Gazette ", which was sold from 1889 daily as " Ulmer Albzeitung " appeared. There is also since 1950 the local newspaper "home -Rundschau ". It is published once a week and has a circulation of about 5000 pieces.

Education

Langenau has three primary schools, one special school, a work of junior high school, a secondary school and the Robert-Bosch -Gymnasium.

Culture and sights

Important venues in Langenau are the Pfleghofsaal, the Zehntstadel in Langenau Göttingen, St. Martin's Church, the helper house, the wood shop, the bookstore Mahr and the train station.

Often in Langenau cultural and lectures are conducted in cooperation between different institutions. Most here cooperate in changing constellations, the Cultural Office, the Ulm Community College (Department of Alb- Donau-Kreis ), the bookstore Mahr, the city library and the Initiative Group May 8 with each other. In addition, the Protestant church, ecumenism, Nau -rock eV, the music school as well as various vocal and musical associations are important Akteuere in the cultural life Langenaus.

Most events take place at Langenauer Pfleghof, who with his high quality cultural program has national significance. Here numerous annual concerts, readings and cabaret events are held, films will be shown from a mobile cinema regularly.

Presentations and panel discussions will also be organized mainly in Pfleghofsaal - especially through the old folk high school, the Association for the Environment and Nature Conservation Germany ( BUND), the Initiative Group May 8 and the people for peace.

There are also in Langenau three museums: the museum of local history, the Hungarians German Heimatstuben and the Museum of Prehistory and Early History.

Religious Buildings

The Protestant Church of St. Martin with baroque high altar and the Martin Sturm dates from the 14th - 18th century.

It is called the " upper church " in the vernacular.

The also evangelical " lower church " called St. Leonhard church dates from the 17th - 18th century.

The cemetery church "St. Peter", which is used by all denominations, is also called " St. Peter's " in the vernacular.

The Catholic Church "Mater dolorosa " dates from the late 20th century.

The seemingly contradictory geographical information on the positions of the churches do not relate to the altitude, where are the churches, but to the direction of flow of waters in Langenau. From the direction of flow resulted in Upper and Lower Town. These are the districts, where are the churches.

Parks

At Langenau the city Wörth part with a water wheel and a lake and a playground.

Sports

Several sports clubs, including the TSV Langenau, the HSG Langenau Elchingen, the Tennis Club Langenau the water sports club Langenau, FC Langenau and the TSC Langenau offer numerous sports.

Music

Several musical groups, including Musikverein, glee club, Liederkranz and trombone offer deals to be musically active.

Festivals

Every year on the last weekend before the summer holidays, the traditional children's festival with a parade of schools. The origin of the children's party can be traced back to the year 1535. At that time it was still the student dance. In the late 19th century was the " Schuler dance " first held alternately at the courtyard and the Reutte. 1894 moved the feast day of de council Wednesday on Tuesday before Pentecost and continued as permanent fairground set the Reutte. 1927 was the " Schuler dance " then moved to the Sunday after Pentecost, and finally in 1952 to the second Sunday in July.

Since 1992, takes place every 2 years instead of the tower hard.

Also every 2 years there is the Achhocketse. The festival is organized by the men's glee club Langenau and testimony to the custom of the trough driving on Ach.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Better Albrecht of Thalfingen (1787-1839), Bavarian general and War Minister
  • Karl Adolf Camerer (1823-1893), jurist and Württemberg Rollmaus
  • Tobias Hafner (1833-1921), teacher, writer and local historian
  • Carl Friedrich Alexander Bosch (1843-1904), born in Albeck, entrepreneurs
  • Robert Bosch (1861-1942), born in Albeck, industrialist, founder of Robert Bosch GmbH
  • Gottlob Honold (1876-1923), chief engineer
  • Wulf Konold (1946-2010), musicologist, playwright and director
  • Hansjörg Schlager (1948-2004), alpine skier
  • Thure Riefenstein (* 1965), actor and director
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