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Langenlonsheim is an '' Ortsgemeinde'' – a
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belonging to a ''
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'', a kind of collective municipality – in the
Bad Kreuznach Bad Kreuznach () is a town in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a spa town, most well known for its medieval bridge dating from around 1300, the Alte Nahebrücke, which is one of the few remaining bridges in t ...
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in
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,
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. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde''
Langenlonsheim-Stromberg Langenlonsheim-Stromberg is a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") in the district of Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' is in Langenlonsheim. It was formed on 1 January 2020 by the merge ...
, and is also its seat. Langenlonsheim is a state-recognized
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/ref> and a
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village.


Geography


Location

Langenlonsheim lies between the southern edge of the
Hunsrück The Hunsrück () is a long, triangular, pronounced mountain range, upland in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by the valleys of the Moselle (river), Moselle-Saar (north-to-west), the Nahe (south), and the Rhine (east). It is continued ...
and the Nahe. Lying 7 km away is the district seat,
Bad Kreuznach Bad Kreuznach () is a town in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a spa town, most well known for its medieval bridge dating from around 1300, the Alte Nahebrücke, which is one of the few remaining bridges in t ...
, while
Bingen am Rhein Bingen am Rhein () is a town in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The settlement's original name was Bingium, a Celtic word that may have meant "hole in the rock", a description of the shoal behind the ''Mäuseturm'', k ...
lies just under 10 km away. On the municipality's western outskirts, the Guldenbach flows by, while the Nahe flows by to the south. Langenlonsheim is well known for its good
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s and
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and its ''Qualitätsweine''. Fertile
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soils and the region's warm
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have been defining factors for the village.


Neighbouring municipalities

Clockwise from the north, Langenlonsheim's neighbours are the municipalities of
Laubenheim Laubenheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Langenlonsheim- ...
,
Grolsheim Grolsheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location Grolsheim lies in Rhenish Hesse betw ...
,
Gensingen Gensingen is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a Municipalities of Germany, municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location Gensin ...
,
Bretzenheim Bretzenheim is an '' Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Langenlonsheim ...
,
Guldental Guldental is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Langenlonsheim-St ...
, Windesheim,
Waldlaubersheim Waldlaubersheim is a municipality in the district of Bad Kreuznach in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany. As of the census of population in 2020 it had a total population of 801. Waldlaubersheim's postal code is 55444. Geography and climat ...
and Dorsheim. Grolsheim and Gensingen both lie in the neighbouring
Mainz-Bingen Mainz-Bingen is a district (''Kreis'') in the east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Rheingau-Taunus, the district-free cities Wiesbaden and Mainz, the districts Groß-Gerau, Alzey-Worms, Bad Kre ...
district, whereas all the others likewise lie within the Bad Kreuznach district. Langenlonsheim also comes to within a few metres of two other neighbours: the municipality of Rümmelsheim in the northwest and the town of
Bad Kreuznach Bad Kreuznach () is a town in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a spa town, most well known for its medieval bridge dating from around 1300, the Alte Nahebrücke, which is one of the few remaining bridges in t ...
in the southeast.


Constituent communities

Also belonging to Langenlonsheim is the outlying homestead of Forsthaus Langenlonsheim.


History

Even as long ago as
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times, there was
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in what is now Langenlonsheim. In 769, Langenlonsheim had its first documentary mention as ''Longistisheim''. Over its long history, the village changed owners many times. Under
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rule, Langenlonsheim became the seat of a ''mairie'' ("mayoralty") in 1800, to which five municipalities belonged. This arrangement persisted even after the French were driven out and the region was assigned under the terms of the
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to the
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in 1815, although it was thereafter known as a ''Bürgermeisterei'' (also "mayoralty"). In those days, the population was still very much engaged in
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as its main income earner.


Jewish history

Langenlonsheim had a
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ish community until sometime between 1938 and 1942. It arose sometime in the 17th or 18th century. The earliest mention of a Jewish family in the village – named Benedict – comes from 1685. In 1695 a Wendel Judt was named. In 1722, two Jewish families were named (Jud Benedict and Mayer), while in 1743 it was four (Hayum Benedict, Götz Benedict, Juda Kahn and Meyer). In 1790, the following Jewish household heads were named: Hayum Benedict (
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), Joseph Benedict, Nadan Benedict Maier, Gottschlag Jude, Benedict Joseph, Sükkind Juda, David Götz and Benedict Nadan. In the 19th century, the number of Jewish inhabitants developed as follows: in 1808 there were 45; in 1843, there were 42 (of all together 1,236 inhabitants); in 1858, 73; in 1895, 70. In 1808, the following Jewish families were listed (the names given in brackets were those borne after
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ic
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rule ended): Israel Brill, Benoît (Benedict) Goetz, Gottschalk Kahn, Widow (?) Rebekka Kuhn, Widow (of Joseph Kaufmann) Schoene Kaufmann ''née'' Kuhn, Benoît (Benedict) Natt, Mayer Natt, Jacques (Jakob) Scheier (Scheuer), Moses Schweiss (Schweig), Widow Judith Stern, Seeligmann Stern. In the way of institutions, there were a
synagogue A synagogue, ', 'house of assembly', or ', "house of prayer"; Yiddish: ''shul'', Ladino: or ' (from synagogue); or ', "community". sometimes referred to as shul, and interchangeably used with the word temple, is a Jewish house of wor ...
(see Synagogue below), a Jewish school (a schoolroom at the synagogue), a
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and a graveyard (see Jewish graveyard below). To provide for the community's religious needs, a schoolteacher was hired, who also busied himself as the
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and the shochet (preserved is a whole series of job advertisements for such a position in Langenlonsheim from such publications as ''Der Israelit''). Among the religion teachers were, about 1855 David Cahn from
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, in 1857 Heinrich Hirschfeld from
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, in 1861 Julius Kappel (or Koppel) and in 1893 Michael Boreich. The Jewish household heads were active in various occupations, foremost in trading. There were several businesses and shops in Langenlonsheim belonging to Jewish families (businesses with domestic products and
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, several wine dealer's shops, men's and women's clothing and bedding shops as well as
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and
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dealerships). There were also Jewish
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s and
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s. The Jewish inhabitants were fully integrated into village life and played a lively part in public life and in the village's clubs, even as club founders and chairmen: Heinrich Natt and Siegmund Hirschberger were founding members in 1887 of the ''Verein für Leibesübungen 1887 Langenlonsheim e.V.'' (a club for physical exercise), while Siegmund Heymann, Siegmund Hirschberger, Carl Mayer and Emil Natt were, among other such endeavours, founding members in 1902 of the Langenlonsheim volunteer
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. Two members of Langenlonsheim's Jewish community fell in the
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, ''
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'' Sally Natt (b. 7 July 1889 in Langenlonsheim, d. 26 September 1914) and ''
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'' Arthur Metzger (b. 6 November 1883 in Langenlonsheim, d. May 1915). Both names appear on the monument to the fallen in the First World War that stands before the general graveyard. All together, fourteen Jewish men were in wartime service; several came back highly decorated. About 1924, when there were still some 50 persons in the Jewish community (2.5% of the total population of some 2,000 inhabitants), the community leaders were Ludwig Mayer and Fritz Natt. Then living in each of
Bretzenheim Bretzenheim is an '' Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Langenlonsheim ...
and
Laubenheim Laubenheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Langenlonsheim- ...
were seven Jews. In 1932, the community leader was Carl Mayer. Tending the community's religious needs was
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Dr. Jacob (
Bad Kreuznach Bad Kreuznach () is a town in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a spa town, most well known for its medieval bridge dating from around 1300, the Alte Nahebrücke, which is one of the few remaining bridges in t ...
). About 1930, the following families were living in Langenlonsheim: Karl Mayer (wine dealer, Bingerstraße 2), Rudolf Mayer (men's and women's clothing, bedding and manufactured goods, Bingerstraße 11), Ludwig Mayer (livestock dealer, Hauptstraße 52), Fritz Natt (wine dealer, Hollergasse 28/corner of Weidenstraße), Moritz Weiss (butcher and livestock and wine dealer, Hauptstraße 24), Siegmund Heymann (domestic products, Hauptstraße 39), Carl Nachmann (wine and grain dealer, Hauptstraße 35), August Weiss (livestock dealer, Schulstraße 12), Gustav Kahn (
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, Hollergasse 20) and the Family Blank (religion teacher, Kreuznacher Straße). After 1933 (Langenlonsheim's Jewish population that year was 40), the year when
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and the
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seized power, though, some of the Jews moved away or even
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in the face of the
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ing of their businesses, the progressive stripping of their rights and repression, all brought about by the Nazis. In the 1939 Bad Kreuznach book of inhabitants (presumably presenting 1938 figures), five Jewish families are still listed: Karl Mayer, Rudolf Mayer, Fritz Natt, August Weiss and Moritz Weiss. On
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(9–10 November 1938), the
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was utterly demolished by
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brigands from within Langenlonsheim and without. The families of Fritz Natt, Karl Mayer, Karl Nachmann and Moritz Weiss had their houses invaded and destroyed as living spaces. Several Jews were mishandled and more than slightly injured. The Jewish men were taken away to
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. After the first deportation on 10 April 1942, Langenlonsheim's last two Jewish inhabitants, August Weiss and his wife Isabella Weiss ''née'' Furchheimer, were deported on 25 April 1942. According to the ''Gedenkbuch – Opfer der Verfolgung der Juden unter der nationalsozialistischen Gewaltherrschaft in Deutschland 1933-1945'' ("Memorial Book – Victims of the Persecution of the Jews under National Socialist Tyranny") and
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, of all Jews who either were born in Langenlonsheim or lived there for a long time, 50 died in the time of the Third Reich (birthdates in brackets): # Henriette Arnstein ''née'' Mayer (1866) # Selma Baumgarten ''née'' Kahn (1888) # Anny Blank (1895) # Lili Brück ''née'' Natt (1892) # Lotte Brück (1922) # Berthold Cahn (1871) # Else (Elsa) Groß ''née'' Mayer (1895) # Paul Groß (1883) # Hilde Hallgarten ''née'' Simon (1895) # Rosalie Herz ''née'' Mayer (1868) # Siegfried Hirschberger (1870) # Paula (Paulina) Jakobi ''née'' Natt (1876) # Elise Kahn ''née'' Natt (1862) # Gustav Kahn (1885) # Henriette Johanna Kahn ''née'' Weiss (1889) # Henriette Marx ''née'' Natt (1854) # Toni (Antoni) Marx ''née'' Weiß (1876) # Emilie Mayer (1883) # Erich Mayer (1888) # Fritz Mayer (1888) # Ida Mayer ''née'' Marx (1890) # Johanna Mayer ''née'' Heymann (1872) # Leiselotte Mayer (1910) # Ludwig Mayer (1864) # Richard Mayer (1922) # Rudolf Mayer (1885) # Jakob Nachmann (1880) # Isidor Natt (1871) # Paulina Natt (1876) # Rudolf Natt (1879) # Franziska Neuburger ''née'' Natt (1879) # Elisabeth Gertrud Schneider (1897) # Irma Schwarz ''née'' Nachmann (1900) # Regina Schweig ''née'' Natt (1870) # Selma Weil (1896) # Wilhelm Weil (1882) # August Weiss (1878) # Elisabetha Weiss ''née'' Michel (1883) # Else Weiss ''née'' Dornhardt (1914) # Isabella Weiss ''née'' Furchheimer (1878) # Klara Weiss (1885) # Kurt Weiss (1913) # Lina (Karoline) Weiss (1874) # Ludwig Weiss (1873) # Max Weiß (1887) # Max Weiss (1909) # Moritz Weiss (1880) # Sally Weiß (1908) # Sigmund Weiss (1882) # Helene Windecker ''née'' Weiss (1894) On 1 September 2011,
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came to Langenlonsheim and laid 12 of his ''
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e'' in memory of Jews from Langenlonsheim who were
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ed in
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.


Population development

Langenlonsheim's population development since
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ic times is shown in the table below. The figures for the years from 1871 to 1987 are drawn from census data:


Religion

Langenlonsheim has both an
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and a
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church community. There was formerly also an important
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community before the
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destroyed it. The first place of worship built in Langenlonsheim was
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's Church (''Sankt-Nikolaus-Kirche''), built about 1200, which was later mentioned as Saint John's Church (''Sankt-Johannes-Kirche'') about 1475. In 1504, in the
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, and again in 1540 when the village burnt, the
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was damaged. In 1588, a new church was built to serve as the Evangelical parish church. New
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(1777) and
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(1868) remodellings followed. The second place of worship built in Langenlonsheim was the
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, built about 1860, which was destroyed on
Kristallnacht () or the Night of Broken Glass, also called the November pogrom(s) (german: Novemberpogrome, ), was a pogrom against Jews carried out by the Nazi Party's (SA) paramilitary and (SS) paramilitary forces along with some participation fro ...
(9–10 November 1938); its ruins were removed in 1958. The most recent house of worship built in Langenlonsheim has been the Catholic church, Saint John the Baptist's Parish Church (''Pfarrkirche St. Johannes der Täufer''), built in 1907 and 1908. As at 30 September 2013, there are 3,767 full-time residents in Langenlonsheim, and of those, 1,345 are
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(35.705%), 1,305 are
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(34.643%), 4 are
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(0.106%), 1 is
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(0.027%), 1 is
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(0.027%), 305 (8.097%) belong to other religious groups and 806 (21.396%) either have no religion or will not reveal their religious affiliation.


Politics


Municipal council

The council is made up of 20 council members, who were elected by personalized
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at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman. The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results:


Mayor

Langenlonsheim's mayor is Bernhard Wolf.


Coat of arms

The municipality's arms might be described thus: Sable a fess countercompony azure and Or between five bunches of grapes reversed slipped of the last, three and two. The composition of Langenlonsheim's arms is based on old 15th-century village seals. The fess countercompony (horizontal stripe with the two-row chequered pattern) was inspired by the arms formerly borne by the
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, who held the area for many centuries. Their arms were actually a whole shield covered in this pattern. The fess stands between five
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, each one a bunch of grapes. These symbolize
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's importance to Langenlonsheim. The
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sable and Or (black and gold) were inspired by the Palatinate's traditional arms. The arms have been borne since 1938.


Town partnerships

Langenlonsheim fosters partnerships with the following places: *
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since 1986


Culture and sightseeing


Buildings

The following are listed buildings or sites in
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's Directory of Cultural Monuments: *
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parish
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, Naheweinstraße 96 – Late Gothic quire, about 1500, vestry, 1588, partly Romanesque; Late Baroque
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, 1777,
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lengthening, 1867/1868, District Master Builder Conradi, Kreuznach * Saint John the Baptist's
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Parish Church (''Pfarrkirche St. Johannes der Täufer''), Untere Grabenstraße – Late Gothic Revival aisleless church, 1907/1908, architect Josef Kleesattel,
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* Friedhofstraße, graveyard – graveyard gate, Classicist, mid 19th century; M. Eich tomb, Neoclassical
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with
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, about 1924; Pies tomb, Historicized stele, about 1868/1872; Sara Muff tomb, stele with antique design, about 1862; Joh. Nic. Lorenz tomb, Gothicized stele, about 1861; M. Lorenz tomb, Stele crowned with an urn in a fenced-in complex, about 1900 * Heddesheimer Straße – warriors' memorial 1914-1918,
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cube, about 1930 * Heddesheimer Straße, graveyard – Family Müller (hereditary estate, Tesch) tombs: in a small complex, about 1865 and 1928; M. Müller tomb, Late Classicist grave column * Heumarkt 11 – three-sided estate;
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house, partly solid, 18th or early 19th century * Hintergasse 21 – one-and-a-half-floor timber-frame house, partly solid, 16th century (?) * Hintergasse 22 – estate complex; one-and-a-half-floor timber-frame house, essentially from the 18th century, brickwork about 1900 * Naheweinstraße 9 – former ''Mühle Kloninger'' (mill); four-wing complex, red-
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-block buildings, early to latter half of the 19th century * Naheweinstraße 90 – Baroque building with half-hip roof, timber framing plastered and slated, possibly from the earlier half of the 18th century * Naheweinstraße 97 – Closheim winery; Historicized brick building, marked 1867 * Naheweinstraße 101 – former ''Gasthaus "Zum Hohenzollern"'' ( inn); Late Classicist house, about 1860/1870 * Naheweinstraße 109 – estate complex; plastered timber-frame house, 18th or early 19th century * Naheweinstraße 109 – Baroque timber-frame house, plastered, possibly from the 18th century * Naheweinstraße 112 – shophouse; timber-frame about 1700 * Naheweinstraße 115 – estate complex; Baroque timber-frame house, partly solid, 18th century * Naheweinstraße 122 – estate complex; timber-frame house, partly solid, marked 1585 * Naheweinstraße 130 – three-sided estate; gateway arch marked 1711; Baroque building with half-hip roof, timber framing plastered and slated, marked 1843; Baroque side building, partly timber-frame * Naheweinstraße 131 – timber-frame house, partly solid, essentially possibly from the 18th century * Naheweinstraße 133 – three-sided estate; Baroque timber-frame house, partly solid, 18th century * Naheweinstraße 137 – Baroque timber-frame house, partly solid, about 1700, gateway arch marked 1712 * Naheweinstraße 142 – Evangelical rectory; stately Late Classicist façade, about 1840/1850 * Naheweinstraße 143 – timber-frame house with access balcony, possibly from the 17th century * Naheweinstraße 169 – estate complex; timber-frame house, partly solid, earlier half of the 19th century * Naheweinstraße 195 – Höhn-Zimmermann winery; one-and-a-half-floor brick
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, mixed forms Late Classicist/
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, latter half of the 19th century; winepress marked 1797 * Naheweinstraße 209 – former winery (?); long
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plastered façade, about 1880/1890 * Naheweinstraße 131–147 (monumental zone) – closed building structure with one- and two-floor houses, partly timber-frame or
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façades *
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graveyard (monumental zone) – area with 46 gravestones from 1868/1869 to 1938 (see also below)


Jewish graveyard

Records bear witness to the
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graveyard in Langenlonsheim as far back as 1742. The graveyard's area comprises 2 521 m², and this is bordered by a wooden fence. Striking is the more lavish and bigger gravesite of the wine-dealing family Natt. The last burial at the graveyard took place in May 1938 (Regina Kahn ''née'' Sommer, d. 5 May 1938). Preserved here are 45 gravestones, some of which are heavily weathered or now only partially readable. All that is left of several is the pedestal. The graveyard lies in part of the Langenlonsheim forest rather far from the village itself (rural cadastral name "In den Judenkirchhofschlägen"). Not far off, but bordering both the forest and
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s, lie the Waldhilbersheim (roughly 30 m away) and Windesheim (roughly 500 m away) Jewish graveyards.


Synagogue

At first, there was a prayer room available to Langenlonsheim's
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residents in one of the community's houses. One such place was mentioned in 1823. Beginning in the 1840s, the village's Jews wanted to build themselves a
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, and in 1856, Samuel Weiss managed to acquire a plot on Hintergasse (a lane) for just such a thing. It is believed that the synagogue was built about 1860, for the building is shown in the 1863 cadastral plan. It was a simple plastered building built out of brick and quarrystone. There was seating inside for roughly 50 worshippers, and there was a women's gallery. For some 70 years, the synagogue was the hub of Jewish life in Langenlonsheim. On
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(9–10 November 1938), the synagogue was overrun by
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thugs from within Langenlonsheim and without. Doors, windows and the indoor furnishings (pews, the bimah, cabinets, tables, chairs, the
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and so on) were broken up, the floor was torn out and the walls were damaged. The Judaica, including three
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scrolls, three sets of
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ceremonial jewellery, two silver candlesticks, an eternal lamp, a menorah and more were destroyed or stolen. On 24 April 1940, Rudolf Mayer, a Jew still living in Langenlonsheim, was forced to sell the synagogue for only 427.50  ℛℳ to a non-Jewish private citizen as the Jewish community found itself undergoing dissolution. In 1950, the sale was annulled, whereupon there was a change in ownership. In 1958, the synagogue building was torn down. Another building was built on the plot. The synagogue stood where the building whose address is Hintergasse 30 now stands.


Regular events

Once each year, Langenlonsheim holds a wine festival and a kermis (church consecration festival).


Sport and leisure

Found in Langenlonsheim are an outdoor
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, a
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pitch and an
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. This last facility, the ''Flugplatz Langenlonsheim'', offers opportunities for
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, motorized flight and
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flight. The ''Verein Aero-Club Rhein-Nahe'', which operates out of the aerodrome, is
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's second biggest
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and had 274 members in 2010. It arose from a merger of two former flying clubs in 2008, the ''Flugsportverein Bad Kreuznach'' and the ''Aero-Club Bingen-Langenlonsheim''. In 2007, the
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club ''Langenlonsheimer SC'' merged with the football club from
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to form ''TSV Langenlonsheim/Laubenheim'' ("TSV" stands for ''Turn- und Sportverein'' –
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and sport club). There are also a fitness path (called the ''Trimm-Dich-Pfad'' – the "Trim-Yourself Path") and a
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facility, which were restored in 2006 and furnished with new equipment.


Clubs

The following clubs are active in Langenlonsheim: *''Aero-Club Rhein-Nahe e.V.'' —
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*''Angelsportverein Langenlonsheim/Laubenheim'' —
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club *''Bauern- und Winzerverband'' — farmers' and winegrowers' association *''BdP Pfadfinder-Förderkreis'' — scout/guide promotional association *''DRK Ortsverband Langenlonsheim'' —
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, local chapter *''Evangelische Frauenhilfe'' —
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women's aid *''Evangelischer Kirchenchor'' — Evangelical church
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*''Evangelische Kirchengemeinde'' — Evangelical church community *''Förderverein Kita Schatzkiste Langenlonsheim'' — daycare centre promotional association *''Förderverein Regionale Schule im Nahetal e.V.'' —
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promotional association *''Förderverein Seniorenzentrum der VG Lalo e.V.'' — seniors' centre promotional association *''Förderverein St. Johannes der Täufer Langenlonsheim-Laubenheim e.V.'' — Saint John the Baptist's promotional association *''Freiwillige Feuerwehr Langenlonsheim 1902'' — volunteer
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*''Freizeitmaler'' — leisure painters *''Freunde und Förderer der Grundschule e.V.'' —
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promotional association *''Freundeskreis des evangelischen Kindergartens'' — Evangelical kindergarten promotional association *''Gemischter Chor des KMGV 1877 e.V. Langenlonsheim'' — ''Kölner Männer-Gesang-Verein'' mixed choir *''Hilfe für Tschernobyl e.V. Langenlonsheim'' — aid for
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*''Karnevalfreunde'' — Shrovetide
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( ''Fastnacht'') club *''Katholischer Kirchenchor "Cäcilia"'' —
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church choir *''Katholische Kirchengemeinde'' — Catholic church community *''Landfrauenverein'' — countrywomen's club *''Musikverein 1921 e.V.'' — music club *''Partnerschaftskreis Langenlonsheim-Potton'' — Langenlonsheim-Potton partnership circle *''Pierothchor'' — choir *''Sängervereinigung'' — singers' association *''Schützenverein 1963 e.V.'' —
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club *''Tani Projekt - Zukunft für Kinder in Kambodscha e.V.'' — *''Tennis-Club-Rot-Weiß'' *''TSV Langenlonsheim/Laubenheim'' —
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and sport club *''TV Langenlonsheim 1994 e.V.'' — gymnastic club *''VdK Bretzenheim und Umgebung'' — social advocacy group local chapter (Bretzenheim and area) *''Volksbildungswerk Langenlonsheim'' — "people's education" *''Wanderfreunde Untere Nahe e.V.'' —
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club There is also an association of the village's clubs (''Ortsvereinsring'').


Economy and infrastructure


Economic structure

Over the years, an industrial park with firms in various fields has arisen. These include dye and lacquer production, above- and below-ground construction, wine bottling and processing, car dealerships, garden centres, fitter's shops, storage facilities and shipping companies.


Winegrowing

Langenlonsheim is considerably characterized by
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and with 187 ha of planted
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s is the Nahe wine region's biggest winegrowing centre after
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,
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and Wallhausen. Langenlonsheim's website lists three wineries in the village. The village has also had three local ladies chosen as Wine Queen or Wine Princess: Carolin Klumb (Nahe Wine Queen 2011/2012), Maren Müller (Nahe Wine Princess 2005/2006) and Judith Honrath (Nahe Wine Queen 2001/2002 and German Wine Queen 2002/2003)."Wine Majesties"


Transport

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'' 48 runs straight through the village, while the
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A 61 (
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) is roughly 5 km away. Langenlonsheim can be reached by rail on the
Nahe Valley Railway The Nahe Valley Railway (german: Nahetalbahn) is a two-track, partially electrified main line railway in the German states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, which runs for almost 100 kilometres along the Nahe. It was built by the Rhine-Nahe ...
( Bingen
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). Currently, no other
railway Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a p ...
serves Langenlonsheim station, although the now disused '' Hunsrückquerbahn'' once served the village, too. There is, however, talk of reactivating this railway as a quick transport link for Frankfurt-Hahn Airport, a former
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military facility,
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, most of whose military functions ceased on 30 September 1993. Until 1 December 1938, a
tram A tram (called a streetcar or trolley in North America) is a rail vehicle that travels on tramway tracks on public urban streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. The tramlines or networks operated as public transport ...
way ran from
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Kornmarkt to Langenlonsheim
railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in Track (rail transport), tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the ...
. The so-called ''Elektrisch'' ran in the early days (1911) as many as 20 times each day. At the former Kloningersmühle stop (on Langenlonsheim's outskirts), travellers from the
Hunsrück The Hunsrück () is a long, triangular, pronounced mountain range, upland in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by the valleys of the Moselle (river), Moselle-Saar (north-to-west), the Nahe (south), and the Rhine (east). It is continued ...
could ride straight to Bad Kreuznach. Owing to shrinking ridership after the
Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...
, the tram had to give way to the bus. The tracks and overhead wiring were removed.


Education

Scholastic endeavours are undertaken by the ''Grundschule Langenlonsheim'' (
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 ...
) and the '' Realschule plus im Nahetal Langenlonsheim'', where students can earn either the
Hauptschule A ''Hauptschule'' (, "general school") is a secondary school in Germany, starting after four years of elementary schooling (''Grundschule''), which offers Lower Secondary Education (Level 2) according to the International Standard Classification ...
or the
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''), ...
certificate.


Famous people


Sons and daughters of the town

* Ernst Ludwig Pies (1885–1942),
NSDAP The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (german: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP), was a far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that created and supported t ...
Member of the Reichstag from Langenlonsheim * Willi Schweinhardt (1903–1978), politician and wine estate owner


Famous people associated with the municipality town

*
Matthias de Zordo Matthias de Zordo (born 21 February 1988) is a German athlete who was the World Champion in the men's javelin throw in 2011. With a throw of 87.81 metres, he won the silver medal at the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona. De ...
(b. 21 February 1988 in
Bad Kreuznach Bad Kreuznach () is a town in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a spa town, most well known for its medieval bridge dating from around 1300, the Alte Nahebrücke, which is one of the few remaining bridges in t ...
), German javelin thrower


References


External links


official webpage

Video portrait of Langenlonsheim
{{Authority control Bad Kreuznach (district) Naheland Holocaust locations in Germany