Langelsheim is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than city, cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares ...

in the district of Goslar in

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...

Geography

The municipality is situated between the river

Innerste The Innerste is a river in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Leine river and in length. Origin of the name The river name is not related to the German word ''innerste'' meaning innermost. ''Innerste'', in earlier times ...

and its tributary Grane, on the northern edge of the

Harz The Harz () is a highland area in northern Germany. It has the highest elevations for that region, and its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia. The name ''Harz'' derives from the Middle High German w ...

mountain range and the

Harz National Park Harz National Park is a nature reserve in the German federal states of Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt. It comprises portions of the western Harz mountain range, extending from Herzberg and Bad Lauterberg at the southern edge to Bad Harzburg ...

, located about northwest of

Goslar Goslar (; Eastphalian: ''Goslär'') is a historic town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than city, cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different p ...

Subdivisions

Langelsheim is divided into eight ''

Ortschaft Ortschaft is a term in German speaking countries for a human settlement. In several states of Germany, it is also used for administrative subdivisions of municipalities. These have been defined in the '' Gemeindeordnung'' or ''Kommunalverfassung'' ...

en''Hauptsatzung der Stadt Langelsheim
§ 4, November 2021. with the following population as of 30 June 2020: * Astfeld (2,097 inhabitants) * Bredelem (438 inhabitants) * Hahausen (765 inhabitants) * Langelsheim (5,067 inhabitants) *

Lautenthal The formerly free mining town ('' Bergstadt'') of Lautenthal in Germany is a state-recognised, climatic spa with around 1,570 inhabitants and has been part of the borough of Langelsheim since 1972. Geography Lautenthal lies in the Innerste ...

(1,511 inhabitants) * Lutter am Barenberge (2,296 inhabitants) * Wallmoden (907 inhabitants) * Wolfshagen im Harz (2,192 inhabitants)

History

The place once called ''Langenizze'' developed in the 10th century out of a hill fort at the ''Kahnstein'' mountain, erected by the

Ottonian dynasty The Ottonian dynasty (german: Ottonen) was a Saxon dynasty of German monarchs (919–1024), named after three of its kings and Holy Roman Emperors named Otto, especially its first Emperor Otto I. It is also known as the Saxon dynasty after ...

. Langelsheim was the site of historic

ironworks An ironworks or iron works is an industrial plant where iron is smelted and where heavy iron and steel products are made. The term is both singular and plural, i.e. the singular of ''ironworks'' is ''ironworks''. Ironworks succeeded bloome ...

, first documented in the 13th century, where ore from the

Mines of Rammelsberg The Rammelsberg is a mountain, high, on the northern edge of the Harz range, south of the historic town of Goslar in the North German state of Lower Saxony. The mountain is the location of an important silver, copper, and lead mine, the only min ...

was smelted. The former municipalities Hahausen, Lutter am Barenberge and Wallmoden are part of Langelsheim since 1 November 2021.Gebietsänderungen vom 01. Januar bis 31. Dezember 2021

Statistisches Bundesamt The Federal Statistical Office (german: Statistisches Bundesamt, shortened ''Destatis'') is a federal authority of Germany. It reports to the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The Office is responsible for collecting, processing, presenting and ...

Demographics

As of 30 June 2020 there were 11,305 inhabitants in Langelsheim. Langelsheim, die Sankt Andreaskirche IMG 4755 2018-07-03 10

Politics

Town council

2006 local elections: *

SPD The Social Democratic Party of Germany (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, ; SPD, ) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany. Saskia Esken has been the ...

: 17 seats * CDU: 9 seats 2016 local elections: SPD: 12 FDP: 1 WGL: 6 CDU: 7

Mayors

*Since November 2013: Ingo Henze (SPD) *2006-2013: Henning Schrader (SPD)

International relations

Langelsheim is

twinned Twinning (making a twin of) may refer to: * In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so; * Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning * Twinning inst ...

with: * Emmer-Compascuum, Emmen,

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

* Nieuw-Weerdinge, Emmen, Netherlands * Roswinkel, Emmen, Netherlands

Notable people

Henry E. Steinway Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg, anglicized name Henry Engelhard Steinway, (February 22, 1797 – February 7, 1871)B ...

, (1797-1871), born Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg in Wolfshagen in Harz, was a piano maker *

Jan Assmann Jan Assmann (born Johann Christoph Assmann; born 7 July 1938) is a German Egyptologist. Life and works Assmann studied Egyptology and classical archaeology in Munich, Heidelberg, Paris, and Göttingen. In 1966–67, he was a fellow of the German ...

, (born 1938), an Egyptologist * Hans-Werner Bothe, (born 1952), philosopher and neurosurgeon * Timo Rose, (born 1977), motion picture director and musician

References

External links

* {{Authority control Towns in Lower Saxony Goslar (district) Towns in the Harz Duchy of Brunswick