Langenhagen (; Eastphalian: ''Langenhogen'') is a town in the

Hanover Hanover ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Lower Saxony. Its population of 535,932 (2021) makes it the List of cities in Germany by population, 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-l ...

district of

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(Niedersachsen), Germany.

Overview

Langenhagen
is a small town of about fifty thousand people in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town is about 72 square kilometers and gets an average o

Located about 5.3 miles from Hanover (8.6km) and 154 miles or 248km from the capital of Germany, Berlin. With its 18 hotels, and a number of restaurants and attractions, this town is considered beautiful and a great place to visit by those who go.

History

From 1866 to 1868,

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worked in Langenhagen. On 18 June 1972,

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terrorist Ulrike Meinhof was arrested in Langenhagen. On 17 August 1982, the world's first mass production of

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s began in Langenhagen. The Langenhagen standard (), declared 1990 and sponsored by Brenneke is an industry standard for the minimal precision of

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s and combination guns fit for

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with shotgun slugs.

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

TUIfly is headquartered at

Hanover Airport Hannover Airport is the international airport of Hanover, capital of the Germany, German state of Lower Saxony. The List of airports in Germany, ninth largest airport in Germany, it is situated on in Langenhagen, north of the centre of Han ...

. Before TUIfly appeared,

Hapag-Lloyd Flug Hapag-Lloyd Flug GmbH (known as Hapagfly GmbH between 2005 and 2007) was a German leisure airline headquartered in Langenhagen, Lower Saxony, that was originally founded by Hapag-Lloyd and later became a subsidiary of TUI Group. It operated sc ...

(a.k.a. Hapagfly) was headquartered in Langenhagen. *

Bahlsen Bahlsen GmbH & Co. KG is a German food company based in Hanover. It was founded in July 1889 by Hermann Bahlsen (1859–1919) as the "Hannoversche Cakesfabrik H. Bahlsen". Bahlsen makes products such as chocolate-dipped Pick Up! snack bars. B ...

* Brenneke * Hermes, Europe built a new hub in Hanover i
2011
costing around 35 EUR million and 150 new full-time jobs. *

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* MTU Aero Engines * Reemtsma * WAGNER Group GmbH

Politics

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

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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

won the election (send 19 councilors to the council). The FDP (Free Democratic Party) got two seats and Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (Greens) received four seats each. The Christian Democrats lost with only 16 seats. Dr. Susanne Schott-Lemmer (CDU) was not elected and is the loser of the elections. Additionally, around 2014 the mayor Langenhagen was Friedhelm Fischer from the Social Democrats with more than 52 percent. The current mayor is Mirko Heuer, elected after winning the election against Fischer with a collectiv
58.8 percent

Twin towns – sister cities

Langenhagen is twinned with: * Southwark, London, United Kingdom *

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, Slovenia *

Głogów Głogów (; , rarely , ) is a city in western Poland. It is the county seat of Głogów County, in Lower Silesian Voivodeship. Głogów is the sixth largest town in the Voivodeship; its population in 2021 was 65,400. Among the oldest towns in Po ...

, Poland * Le Trait, France * Stadl-Paura, Austria

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 Konzentrationslager Memorial.jpg, Langenhagen

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memorial

References

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