Langenthal, Rhineland-Palatinate
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Langenthal is an ''
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'' – 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), Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a spa town, known for its medieval bridge dating from around 1300, the Alte Nahebrücke (Bad Kreuznach), Alte Nahebrücke, ...
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in
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,
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. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Bad Sobernheim, whose seat is in the like-named town.


Geography


Location

Langenthal lies in the Hoxbach and Gaulsbach valley, a side valley of the Nahe.


Neighbouring municipalities

Clockwise from the north, Langenthal's neighbours are the town of
Bad Sobernheim Bad Sobernheim () is a town in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the like-named ''Verbandsgemeinde'', and is also its seat. It is a state-recognized spa town, and is well known for two fossil discovery sit ...
(although only its northern
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containing Pferdsfeld, not the section containing the townsite), and the municipalities of Auen,
Monzingen Monzingen is an ''Ortsgemeinde (Germany), Ortsgemeinde'' – a Municipalities of Germany, municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Kreuznach (district), Bad Kreuznach Districts of Germany, d ...
, Weiler bei Monzingen and
Seesbach Seesbach is a municipality in the district of Bad Kreuznach in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea t ...
, all of which likewise lie within the Bad Kreuznach district.


History

Langenthal's name cropped up for the first time in 1322 and it refers to a narrow dale that stretches along a watercourse. Langenthal was until the 18th century united with neighbouring
Monzingen Monzingen is an ''Ortsgemeinde (Germany), Ortsgemeinde'' – a Municipalities of Germany, municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Kreuznach (district), Bad Kreuznach Districts of Germany, d ...
, to whose market business it had been attached. No later than the 13th century, it belonged to the
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, who had granted some knightly families the court and the
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s (Emmerich von Nussbaum and after him Klaus von Ellenbach in the 14th century). In 1708, Langenthal passed along with some other places to
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, and within that to the ''
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'' of Böckelheim. In 1798, after French Revolutionary troops had overrun the German lands on the
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’s left bank, it was assigned to the ''Mairie'' (“Mayoralty”) of Monzingen. The court to which Langenthal was subject, called the ''Friedensgericht'' (“Peace Court”), had its seat in
Sobernheim Bad Sobernheim () is a town in the Bad Kreuznach (district), Bad Kreuznach Districts of Germany, district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Bad Sobernheim (Verbandsgemeinde), like-named ''Verbandsgemeinde'', and is also its seat. ...
. This was converted into an ''
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'' in 1879 (after Germany was unified). After the
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had ended and
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had been driven out and defeated, the
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assigned this administrative region to the Kingdom of
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. Monzingen remained the seat of a ''Bürgermeisterei'' (“mayoralty”) within the newly formed Kreuznach district, to which Langenthal also belonged. In the course of administrative restructuring in
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after the
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, Langenthal found itself grouped into the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Bad Sobernheim.


Population development

Langenthal'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:Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz – Regionaldaten
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Religion

As at 30 September 2013, there are 99 full-time residents in Langenthal, and of those, 57 are
Evangelical Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide, interdenominational movement within Protestantism, Protestant Christianity that emphasizes evangelism, or the preaching and spreading of th ...
(57.576%), 29 are
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(29.293%) and 13 (13.131%) either have no religion or will not reveal their religious affiliation.


Politics


Municipal council

The council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected by
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at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.


Mayor

Langenthal's mayor is Diethelm Stallmann.


Coat of arms

The German blazon reads: ''Im Schild in Rot ein silberner Wellenschrägbalken, begleitet vorne von einem silbernen sechsspeichigen Rad, hinten von einer silbernen Kapelle.'' The municipality's
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might in English
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language be described thus: Gules a bend wavy between in dexter base a wheel spoked of six and in sinister chief a chapel, all argent. The wavy bend (slanted stripe) symbolizes the long Hoxbach and Gaulsbach valley, on which the village lies. The
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on the sinister (armsbearer's left, viewer's right) side, the
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, is the village
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, which was built towards the end of the 15th century, expanded in the 16th century and renovated in 1954. Even today, both the
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and the
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communities have rights to this house of worship. The other charge, the
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on the dexter (armsbearer's right, viewer's left) side, was taken from
Monzingen Monzingen is an ''Ortsgemeinde (Germany), Ortsgemeinde'' – a Municipalities of Germany, municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Kreuznach (district), Bad Kreuznach Districts of Germany, d ...
’s arms, as Langenthal, first mentioned in 1322, shared a common municipal area with Monzingen until the 17th century and thereby had much the same history as its neighbour.


Culture and sightseeing


Buildings

The following are listed buildings or sites in
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’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:Directory of Cultural Monuments in Bad Kreuznach district
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, Hauptstraße 22 – Late Gothic
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, late 15th and early 16th centuries * Near Hauptstraße 4 –
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house (with ground-floor stable?), partly
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, possibly from about 1700 * Hauptstraße 12 – estate complex along the street, 18th or 19th century; one-floor house with ground-floor stable, partly timber-frame, barn, partly timber-frame


Economy and infrastructure


Transport

Running to the south is ''
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'' 41. Serving neighbouring
Monzingen Monzingen is an ''Ortsgemeinde (Germany), Ortsgemeinde'' – a Municipalities of Germany, municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Kreuznach (district), Bad Kreuznach Districts of Germany, d ...
is a
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on the
Nahe Valley Railway The Nahe Valley Railway () 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 (Rhine), Nahe. It was built by the Rhine-Nahe Railway ...
( Bingen
Saarbrücken Saarbrücken (; Rhenish Franconian: ''Sabrigge'' ; ; ; ; ) is the capital and largest List of cities and towns in Germany, city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken has 181,959 inhabitants and is Saarland's administrative, commerci ...
). There is a bus service linking Langenthal to Monzingen.


References


External links


Langenthal in the collective municipality’s webpages
{{Authority control Bad Kreuznach (district)