Langenau is a town in the district of

Alb-Donau Alb-Donau-Kreis is a (district) in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the districts of Biberach (district), Biberach, Reutlingen (district), Reutlingen, Göppingen (district), Göppingen and Heidenheim ( ...

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

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. It is situated 14 km northeast of

Ulm Ulm () is a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Danube on the border with Bavaria. The city, which has an estimated population of more than 126,000 (2018), forms an urban district of its own (german: link=no, ...

Transport

Langenau is located directly on the

Autobahn The (; German plural ) is the federal controlled-access highway system in Germany. The official German term is (abbreviated ''BAB''), which translates as 'federal motorway'. The literal meaning of the word is 'Federal Auto(mobile) Track'. ...

A7 and near the A8 Public transport is guaranteed by the

Donau-Iller-Nahverkehrsverbund The Donau-Iller-Nahverkehrsverbund (German for ''Danube-Iller Local Transport Association'', abbreviated DING, the German word for ''thing'') is a regional transport cooperative that coordinates tickets and fares among all transport operators in ...

(DING). Langenau is connected to the national rail network via the

Brenz Railway Brenz may refer to: *Brenz (river), a river in southern Germany *Brenz an der Brenz, a village in Baden-Württemberg, Germany * Brenz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, a municipality in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany *Johannes Brenz Johann (Johannes) Br ...

''(Brenzbahn)'' from

Aalen Aalen () is a former Free Imperial City located in the eastern part of the German state of Baden-Württemberg, about east of Stuttgart and north of Ulm. It is the seat of the Ostalbkreis district and is its largest town. It is also the large ...

Mayors

*-April 2016: Wolfgang Mangold *May 2016-: Daniel Salemi He was elected in February 2016.

International relations

Langenau is twinned with: * Albeck in Carinthia (Austria), *

Brand-Erbisdorf Brand-Erbisdorf () is a small town in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated 5 km south of Freiberg. As of 2020, the town has a population of 9,145. History The town is first mentioned in 1209 as ''Erlwinesberc'' ...

in Sachsen (Germany), *

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in Wales (Great Britain) and *

Somberek Somberek (german: Schomberg, sr, Шумберак / Šumberak) is a village in Baranya (county), Baranya county, Hungary. Residents are Hungarians, with a minority of Germans and their descendants. External links Street map
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(Hungary).

Media

In Langenau appears the newspaper ''Südwest-Presse'', which includes a weekly local edition "Langenau aktuell
Media Langenau date
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Education

Langenau has three

primary school A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary e ...

s, a special education school, a

Werkrealschule Werkrealschule is a relatively young branch of German secondary education (e.g. in Baden-Württemberg), which offers pupils additional lessons in grades 8 and 9 and allows them to qualify after ten years with a final exam which is equal to graduatio ...

, a

Realschule ''Realschule'' () is a type of secondary school in Germany, Switzerland and Liechtenstein. It has also existed in Croatia (''realna gimnazija''), the Austrian Empire, the German Empire, Denmark and Norway (''realskole''), Sweden (''realskola''), ...

and the Robert Bosch school.

Religious Buildings

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

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 Albrecht Theodorich Freiherr Besserer von Thalfingen (8 October 1787 – 1 February 1839) was a Bavarian General, Hofmarschall of Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria, and Acting War Minister under Ludwig I of Bavaria from 1 November 1838 to 28 January ...

(1787–1839) was born in Langenau. *

Robert Bosch Robert Bosch (23 September 1861 – 12 March 1942) was a German industrialist, engineer and inventor, founder of Robert Bosch GmbH. Biography Bosch was born in Albeck, a village to the northeast of Ulm in southern Germany as the eleventh of t ...

(1861-1942), founder of the

Robert Bosch GmbH Robert Bosch GmbH (; ), commonly known as Bosch and stylized as BOSCH, is a German multinational engineering and technology company headquartered in Gerlingen, Germany. The company was founded by Robert Bosch in Stuttgart in 1886. Bosch is 9 ...

Gottlob Honold 220px, Gottlob Honold 1910 Gottlob Honold (26 August 1876 – 17 March 1923) was the leading engineer in the workshop of Robert Bosch and, with Bosch, was the inventor of the spark plug and the modern internal combustion engine, as well as headli ...

(1876–1923), engineer and inventor *

Hansjörg Schlager Hansjörg Schlager (20 August 1948 in Langenau – 10 March 2004 in Titisee-Neustadt) was a German alpine skier who competed in the 1972 Winter Olympics The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 ( ja, 札幌197 ...

(1948–2004), sportsman (ski) *

Thure Riefenstein Thure Riefenstein is an actor, director, writer and producer. He was born in Germany with an Austrian-Serbian background. Biography / film / theatre Riefenstein graduated 1989 as an actor in Germany, worked for five years on stage in repertory an ...

(born 1965), actor and director

References

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