Langenhagen ( Eastphalian: ''Langenhogen'') is a town in the

Hanover Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...

district of

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...

, Germany.

History

From 1866 to 1868 Robert Koch worked in Langenhagen. On June 18, 1972, Red Army Faction terrorist

Ulrike Meinhof Ulrike Marie Meinhof (7 October 1934 – 9 May 1976) was a German left-wing journalist and founding member of the Red Army Faction (RAF) in West Germany, commonly referred to in the press as the "Baader-Meinhof gang". She is the reputed author ...

was arrested in Langenhagen. On August 17, 1982, the world's first mass production of

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s began in Langenhagen. The Langenhagen standard (german: Langenhagener Norm), declared 1990 and sponsored by

Brenneke Brenneke GmbH is a German manufacturer of ammunition and bullets, based in Langenhagen, Lower Saxony. The company was founded by Wilhelm Brenneke in 1895 and is currently owned and run by his great-grandson, Dr. Peter Mank. Brenneke makes shotg ...

is an industry standard for the minimal precision of

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s and

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s fit for

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with shotgun slugs.

Subdivisions

Langenhagen consists of Langenhagen proper (including the Old Town, Brink, Langenforth and Wiesenau),

Engelbostel Engelbostel is a district of the city of Langenhagen in the Hanover region. It was independent until 1974 when the village was incorporated into Langenhagen. The town is located southwest of the Hannover-Langenhagen airport. To the east is Schul ...

(including Kananohe), Godshorn, Kaltenweide (including Altenhorst, Hainhaus, Maspe, Siedlung Twenge, Twenge and Kiebitzkrug), Krähenwinkel, and Schulenburg.

Economy

TUIfly is headquartered at

Hanover Airport Hannover Airport is the international airport of Hanover, capital of the German state of Lower Saxony. The ninth largest airport in Germany, it is in Langenhagen, north of the centre of Hanover. The airport has flights to European metropo ...

. Before TUIfly appeared,

Hapag-Lloyd Flug Hapag-Lloyd Flug (between 2005 and 2007 also marketed as ''Hapagfly'') was a German leisure airline headquartered in Langenhagen, Lower Saxony that was originally founded by Hapag-Lloyd and later became a subsidiary of TUI Group. It operated sc ...

(a.k.a. Hapagfly) was headquartered in Langenhagen. *

Bahlsen Bahlsen is a German food company based in Hanover. It was founded in July 1889 by Hermann Bahlsen (1859–1919) as the "Hannoversche Keksfabrik H. Bahlsen". German politician Ernst Albrecht (1930–2014) was CEO of Bahlsen in the 1970s and the ...

* Hermes Europe is currently building a new hub for northern Germany. It will be operational in January 2011. * Konica Minolta * MTU Aero Engines * Reemtsma *

WAGNER Group GmbH Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most op ...

Politics

In 2001 the town council was elected for five years. The

Christian Democrats __NOTOC__ Christian democratic parties are political parties that seek to apply Christian principles to public policy. The underlying Christian democracy movement emerged in 19th-century Europe, largely under the influence of Catholic social tea ...

and the Social Democrats won the election (both parties send 19 councilors to the council). The two "small" parties FDP (Free Democratic Party) and Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (Greens) received two seats each. Dr. Susanne Schott-Lemmer (CDU) is the mayor of Langenhagen. She won against the candidate of the Social Democrats with more than 60 percent. On 10 September 2006 the town council was elected for five years. The Social Democrats won the election (send 19 councilors to the council). The FDP (Free Democratic Party) got two seats and Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (Greens) received four seats each. The

lost with only 16 seats. Dr. Susanne Schott-Lemmer (CDU) was not elected and is the loser of the elections. The new mayor of Langenhagen is Friedhelm Fischer from the Social Democrats with more than 52 percent.

Twin towns – sister cities

Langenhagen is twinned with: * Southwark, London, United Kingdom *

Novo Mesto Novo Mesto (; sl, Novo mesto; also known by other alternative names) is a city on a bend of the Krka River in the City Municipality of Novo Mesto in southeastern Slovenia, close to the border with Croatia. The town is traditionally considered ...

, Slovenia * Głogów, Poland * Le Trait, France * Stadl-Paura, Austria

Notable people

*Augustus Frederick Christopher Kollmann (1756–1829), organist and composer *Willy Max Rademacher (1897–1971), politician associated with the FDP *

André Breitenreiter André Breitenreiter (born 2 October 1973) is a German professional football coach and former player who is the manager of German Bundesliga club 1899 Hoffenheim. In 2022, he won the Swiss title with Zürich. Playing career upright=0.6, left, ...

(born 1973), footballer

Gallery

Langenhagen Konzentrationslager Memorial.jpg, Langenhagen concentration camp memorial

References

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