Langenhagen

Coordinates: 52°26′22″N 9°44′24″E / 52.43944°N 9.74000°E / 52.43944; 9.74000
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For Langenhagen in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, see Langenhagen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Langenhagen
Town
Town hall in 1989
Town hall in 1989
Coat of arms of Langenhagen
Coat of arms
Location of Langenhagen within Hanover district
Hanover RegionLower SaxonyWedemarkBurgwedelNeustadt am RübenbergeBurgdorfUetzeLehrteIsernhagenLangenhagenGarbsenWunstorfSeelzeBarsinghausenSehndeHanoverGehrdenLaatzenWennigsenRonnenbergHemmingenPattensenSpringeHamelin-PyrmontSchaumburgNienburg (district)HeidekreisCelle (district)Peine (district)Gifhorn (district)Hildesheim (district)
Hanover
Subdivisions6 districts
Government
 • Mayor (2021–26) Mirko Heuer[1] (CDU)
Area
 • Total71.99 km2 (27.80 sq mi)
Elevation
51 m (167 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total55,367
 • Density770/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
30851, 30853
30855, 30839
Dialling codes0511
Vehicle registrationH
Websitehttp://www.langenhagen.de

Langenhagen (

Hanover district of Lower Saxony
, Germany.

History

From 1866 to 1868 Robert Koch worked in Langenhagen.

On June 18, 1972, Red Army Faction terrorist Ulrike Meinhof was arrested in Langenhagen.

On August 17, 1982, the world's first mass production of

Compact Discs
began in Langenhagen.

The Langenhagen standard (

shotgun slugs.[3]

Subdivisions

Langenhagen consists of Langenhagen proper (including the Old Town, Brink, Langenforth and Wiesenau), Engelbostel (including Kananohe), Godshorn, Kaltenweide (including Altenhorst, Hainhaus, Maspe, Siedlung Twenge, Twenge and Kiebitzkrug), Krähenwinkel, and Schulenburg.

Economy

Hanover Airport.[4][5] Before TUIfly appeared, Hapag-Lloyd Flug (a.k.a. Hapagfly) was headquartered in Langenhagen.[6]

Politics

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

Christian Democrats 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

Christian Democrats
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

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Langenhagen is twinned with:[10]

Notable people

  • Augustus Frederick Christopher Kollmann (1756–1829), organist and composer
  • Willy Max Rademacher (1897–1971), politician associated with the
    FDP
  • André Breitenreiter (born 1973), footballer

Gallery

  • Langenhagen concentration camp memorial
    Langenhagen
    concentration camp
    memorial

See also

  • Metropolitan region Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg

References

  1. Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen
    . 13 October 2021.
  2. Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen
    .
  3. ^ Brenneke-munition.de Archived 2010-11-02 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
  4. TUIfly
    . Retrieved on 12 May 2009.
  5. TUIfly
    . Retrieved on 12 May 2009.
  6. Hapagfly
    . 1 June 2005. Retrieved on 29 May 2009.
  7. ^ Brenneke-munition.de Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Pressemitteilung". Retrieved on 17 September 2010.
  9. ^ About WAGNER Group GmbH.
  10. ^ "Städtepartnerschaften & Freundschaften". langenhagen.de (in German). Langenhagen. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
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