Langendorf has been part of the municipality of

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in the

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n district of

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since 1978. It is the mother parish for the surrounding villages.

Location

The parish village (''Pfarrdorf'') of Langendorf is located on the

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river, southwest of Elfershausen. The B 287 federal road runs along the southern edge of Langendorf, leading north-east to

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and Bad Kissingen and south-west to

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. Shortly before Langendorf, it forms the Hammelburg 97 junction to the A 7 autobahn, which runs east of Langendorf in a north–south direction.

History

Langendorf was first mentioned in a document in 772 as "Wintgraben" on the occasion of a donation of estates in Langendorf to the Fulda monastery. In 1025 the first church was built in Langendorf. In 1635, during the

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, Swedish troops burned down the entire village, destroying its church. From 1825 to 1830, the Church of St. Vitus was built in its present form. In 1901, the church tower was raised to match the significantly enlarged church building. In 1951, a large part of Langendorf's district was threatened with incorporation into the

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. This was prevented by protests. In the 1960s the Autobahn A 7 was built. On 1 May 1978, the previously independent municipality of Langendorf was incorporated into Elfershausen as part of the district reform in Bavaria.

Notable villagers

* Johannes Petri (1441 – 1511);

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and

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Adam Petri Adam Petri (1454 in Langendorf (now part of Elfershausen) in Franconia – 15 November 1527 in Basel) was a printer, publisher and bookseller. Early life Petri was born ca. 1454 in Langendorf near Hammelburg. Like his uncle Johannes Petr ...

(1454 – 1527); printer, publisher and

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Johannes Petreius Johann(es) Petreius (''Hans Peterlein'', ''Petrejus'', ''Petri''; c. 1497, in Langendorf near Bad Kissingen – 18 March 1550, in Nuremberg) was a German printer in Nuremberg. Life He studied at the University of Basel, receiving the Master of ...

(c. 1497 – 1550); woodcarver and printer * Jochen Partsch (b 29 April 1962); since 2011

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of the city of

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* Theodor Wieseler (18 January 1859 – 11 December 1924); entrepreneur

References

External links

Langendorf at www.elfershausen.de
* Villages in Bavaria Bad Kissingen (district) Former municipalities in Bavaria Franconian Saale basin {{BadKissingen-geo-stub