Langenau

• Type — Stadt • Name — Langenau • Image Photo — Langenau Bahnhof 080208 IMG 0354.JPG • Image Caption — Train station • Image Coa — DEU Langenau COA.svg • Image Plan — Langenau in UL.svg • State — Baden-Württemberg • Region — Tübingen • District — Alb-Donau-Kreis • Elevation — 458 • Area — 75.03 • Postal Code — 89129 • Area Code — 07345 • Licence — UL • Gemeindeschlussel — 08 4 25 072 • Website — www.langenau.de • Mayor — Daria Henning • Leader Term — 2024–32 Langenau (De-Langenau.ogg) 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.

The Protestant Martinskirche with Baroque altar comes from the 14th century to 18 century. • Illustration — Langenau St. Martin 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: • Village — Population — Area (in ha) • Langenau — 12,623 — 4,757 • Albeck — 1,484 — 951 • Göttingen — 1,210 — 920 • Hörvelsingen — 728 — 870 The population is aged 43.6 years on average and immigrants from other countries make up 16.3 percent of the population.

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 • since 2024: Daria Henning

Langenau is twinned with: • Austria Albeck in Carinthia, Austria, since 1994 • Germany Brand-Erbisdorf, Germany, since 1991 • Wales Bridgend, Wales, since 1972 • Hungary Somberek, Hungary, since 1990

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

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.

• Albrecht Besserer von Thalfingen (1787–1839), the acting Bavarian war minister under Ludwig I of Bavaria 1838/9 • Robert Bosch (1861-1942), founder of the Robert Bosch GmbH, born in Albeck • Gottlob Honold (1876–1923), engineer and inventor • Wulf Konold (1946–2010), musicologist, dramaturge and theatre director. • Hansjörg Schlager (1948–2004), alpine skier • Thure Riefenstein (born 1965), actor, director, writer and producer.