Langenau

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Langenau
Town
Train station
Coat of arms
Location of Langenau within Alb-Donau-Kreis district
Langenau Show map of Germany Langenau Show map of Baden-Württemberg
Coordinates: 48°29′48″N 10°7′12″E / 48.49667°N 10.12000°E / 48.49667; 10.12000
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Tübingen
District	Alb-Donau-Kreis
Government
• Mayor (2024–32)	Daria Henning[1]
Area
• Total	75.00 km2 (28.96 sq mi)
Elevation	458 m (1,503 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	15,633
• Density	210/km2 (540/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	89129
Dialling codes	07345
Vehicle registration	UL
Website	www.langenau.de

Langenau is a town in the district of Alb-Donau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is situated 14 km northeast of Ulm.

Today‘s Langenau was created in 1972 by merging the historical villages of Albeck, Göttingen and Hövelsingen into the village of Langenau. Today, the four villages function as the town‘s Ortsteile.^[3]

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

The likewise Protestant St. Leonhardskirche dates back to the 17th-18th century.

As of 31 December 2023, the total population is 16,045, on an area of 7,500 Hectares, and is distributed amongst the four villages as follows:^[4]

The population is aged 43,6 years on average and immigrants from other countries make up 16.3 percent of the population.^[4]

Langenau is located directly on the Autobahn A7 and near the A8

Public transport is provided by the Donau-Iller-Nahverkehrsverbund (DING). Langenau is connected to the national rail network via the Brenz Railway (Brenzbahn) from Ulm to Aalen.

• -2016: Wolfgang Mangold
• 2016-2024: Daniel Salemi^[5][6]
• since 2024: Daria Henning

Langenau is twinned with:^[3]

• Albeck in Carinthia, Austria, since 1994
• Brand-Erbisdorf, Germany, since 1991
• Bridgend, Wales, since 1972
• Somberek, Hungary, since 1990

The newspaper Südwest-Presse is distributed in Langenau, and includes a weekly local edition "Langenau aktuell" Media Langenau date.^[7]

Langenau has three primary schools, a special education school, a Werkrealschule, a Realschule and the Robert Bosch school.

At Langenau town Wörth is a park with a water wheel, a lake and a playground.

Every year on the last weekend before the summer holidays, the traditional children's festival is held with a parade of schools.

• The acting Bavarian war minister Albrecht Besserer von Thalfingen (1787–1839) was born in Langenau.
• Robert Bosch (1861-1942), founder of the Robert Bosch GmbH
• Gottlob Honold (1876–1923), engineer and inventor
• Hansjörg Schlager (1948–2004), sportsman (ski)
• Thure Riefenstein (born 1965), actor and director

• There were plans for a federal highway Bundesautobahn 86 with an exit for Langenau until the 1970s.
• The German Armed Forces Military History Research Office was situated there from 1957 to 1958.

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