Langelsheim
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Coordinates: 51 ° 56 ' N , 10 ° 20' E |
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| State : | Lower Saxony | |
| County : | Goslar | |
| Height : | 204 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 48.76 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 11,285 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 231 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 38685 | |
| Primaries : | 05326, 05325 | |
| License plate : | GS, BRL, CLZ | |
| Community key : | 03 1 53 007 | |
| City structure: | 5 districts , 3 settlements |
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City administration address : |
Harzstrasse 8 38685 Langelsheim |
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| Mayor : | Ingo Henze ( SPD ) | |
| Location of the town of Langelsheim in the district of Goslar | ||
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Langelsheim is a town on the Harz in the district of Goslar in Lower Saxony , Germany . The city is located about seven kilometers northwest of Goslar on federal highway 82 .
geography
Geographical location
Langelsheim is located on or in the Harz Nature Park between the Innerste and Granetalsperre . The Innerste River and the partially piped Mühlenbach flow through the urban area.
geology
The city lies at the foot of the Harzpultscholle , which was raised about 60 million years ago in the Cretaceous and Tertiary years opposite the Harz foreland (Harz north rim fault ). Mesozoic strata were steepened and partly overturned. It is what makes the northern Harz border, which is so striking today, and which runs directly on the outskirts.
Neighboring communities
Neighboring communities are the Lutter am Barenberge in the north and west, the community Liebenburg in the northeast, the district town of Goslar in the east and the non- parish Harz region (Goslar district) in the south.
City structure
Langelsheim is made up of five districts (the number of inhabitants in brackets as of June 30, 2018):
- Astfeld (2143 inhabitants) with Duke Juliushütte
- Bredelem (481 inhabitants) with palm mill
- Langelsheim (5007 inhabitants)
- Bergstadt Lautenthal (1570 inhabitants) with Hüttschenthal
- Wolfshagen in the Harz Mountains (2257 inhabitants)
history
Finds from the Mesolithic at Röseckenbrink near the Harz entrance via the Innerstetal suggest that there are living places in the area of the city. Remains from the same era were found in the Wedebruch area .
The place has been known as Langenizze or Langenesse since the 10th century . The Kansteinburg, located above the Innerste in the urban area, with a 120 by 150 m large, almost square wall system (today called Hindenburg), was built in Carolingian times to protect the east-west connection running along the northern Harz . It also served as a refuge. Today there are only remnants of the former facility, as a quarry there has almost cleared it.
Since the Middle Ages, the place has developed almost exclusively in a south-easterly direction. As a result, the St. Andrew's Church, which was built on a slightly elevated square opposite the Innerstetal, is now on the north-western outskirts of the city. The "Große Hof", located below the Kirchberg, belonged to the former town center as part of the Astfeld manor, which flourished at the time of the Prussian Field Marshal Carl August Theodor Mackensen von Astfeld.
In the 13th century there are several smelting operations at the foot of the Kanstein , in which the ores from the Rammelsberg were processed using the water from the Innerste and Grane and the wood stocks from the nearby forests .
The ore smelting - mainly for the extraction of lead and zinc - was significantly expanded in the 16th century ( Herzog Juliushütte , Frau-Sophien-Hütte , from 1913 also Hans-Heinrich-Hütte ). At times, Langelsheim was the main focus of metallurgy for ores from the Rammelsberg alongside Oker with the Frau-Marien-Hütte . With the cessation of the mining of coarse, copper-bearing ores in Rammelsberg (Goslar) and the concentration of the Unterharzer ironworks in Oker , the operation of the Frau-Sophien-Hütte in 1941 and the Herzog Juliushütte in 1942 ended. Langelsheim received a railway connection relatively early in 1876.
1951 Langelsheim received city rights.
Because of the risk of flooding on the lower reaches of the Innerste, the Innerste dam was built from 1963 to 1969.
In May 1971 the largest rock festival in the Harz region took place in Langelsheim.
Until recently, quarries were operated in and around Langelsheim for sub-carbonic diabase on the Junkernberg and central Devonian diabase on the Großer Sülteberg. Limestone ( Oberkreidepläner ) is still mined on Kanstein today .
Langelsheim is an important location for the chemical industry (OT Innerstetal and Heubach). Tourism is important in the districts of Wolfshagen and Lautenthal.
For the development of postal history see: Postal history of Langelsheim
Incorporations
On July 1, 1972, the surrounding villages of Astfeld, Bredelem, Lautenthal (Bergstadt) and Wolfshagen were incorporated into the Harz Mountains as part of a municipal reform.
On November 1, 2021, the Lutter am Barenberge community will merge with the city of Langelsheim.
Population development
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(from 1968 as of December 31st)
politics
City council
The council of the town of Langelsheim consists of 26 councilors. The stipulated number for a parish with a population between 11,001 and 12,000 is usually 28 councilors. By resolution of the city council, this number has been reduced by two council members to 26 for the current electoral term. The council members are elected for a five-year term by local elections. The current term of office began on November 1, 2011 and ends on October 31, 2016.
The full-time mayor is also entitled to vote in the city council.
The last local election on September 11, 2016 resulted in the following result (changes compared to 2011):
- SPD : 12 seats (−3)
- CDU : 7 seats (−1)
- Voting community Langelsheim (WGL) : 6 seats (± 0)
- FDP : 1 seat (± 0)
Local council
While the city council represents the entire city with its five districts, there is also a local council that only represents Langelsheim as a district of the city of the same name. The last election to the local council on September 11, 2016 resulted in the following distribution of seats in the local council (changes to 2011):
- SPD : 4 seats (−1)
- Voting community Langelsheim (WGL) : 3 seats (+1)
- CDU : 2 seats (± 0)
mayor
Ingo Henze (SPD) has been mayor since November 1, 2013. In the election on September 22, 2013, he received 51.83 percent of the votes cast in the first ballot. He succeeded Henning Schrader (SPD), who had been in office since November 2006.
coat of arms
The design of the municipal coat of arms of Langelsheim comes from the local community. It was drawn by the heraldist and coat of arms painter Gustav Völker , who designed all coats of arms in the Hanover region . The coat of arms was adopted in the spring of 1948 and approval was given on June 3, 1949 by the Lower Saxony Minister of the Interior . Due to a territorial reform, which significantly enlarged the city, the coat of arms was continued unchanged on December 12, 1972 by a council resolution.
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Blazon : "In green over a golden deer antler, a silver gear wheel , topped with an obliquely crossed silver pimple and spade ." |
| Justification of the coat of arms: Langelsheim is located on the Harz Mountains and shows this both by the color of its shield and by the symbols it contains. It leans with his gear, pick and shovel to, since the 13th century at the foot of Kansteins located Eisenverhüttungsbetriebe on. These companies were forerunners of the ducal ironworks that arose in the 16th century. The deer antlers indicate hunting and forestry, the green color symbolizes the extensive forests. |
Town twinning
- Emmer-Compascuum, municipality of Emmen , Netherlands
- Nieuw-Weerdinge, municipality of Emmen, Netherlands
- Roswinkel, municipality of Emmen, Netherlands
Culture and sights
Museums
- Local museum
- Lautenthals Glück mining museum in Lautenthal
- Brewery museum in Lautenthal
music
Music is played in the Concordia choirs (men's, women's and children's choirs) and in the church choir of the Protestant church. Furthermore, both modern and folk music is offered in the musicians' march and the music train of the volunteer fire brigade as well as in the music corps Hans-Heinrich-Hütte Langelsheim.
The music train of the volunteer fire brigade and the music corps Hans-Heinrich-Hütte Langelsheim are exactly the same line-up, only they perform under one name or the other depending on the occasion.
Church building
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There are two church buildings in Langelsheim. The Protestant St. Andrew's Church is to be highlighted because of its impressive carved altar by the Goslar master Jobst Heinrich Lessen from 1680. Your tower is from Roman times. In addition, the Catholic Herz-Mariä-Kirche has existed since 1951 , today a branch church of the parish in Liebenburg .
Other structures
In addition to the St. Andrew's Church, some well-preserved half-timbered houses in the town center as well as the late Gothic noble court are to be highlighted. Two dams , the Innerste dam between Langelsheim and the Lautenthal district and the Granetalsperre between Langelsheim and the Astfeld district are also among the sights, as are the still-preserved facilities of the former ore mining in the Lautenthal district.
sports clubs
The city's sports clubs include VfR Langelsheim e. V., SV Emekspor Langelsheim e. V. (including football), MTV Langelsheim e. V. (including athletics, ball sports, including the HSG Langelsheim / Astfeld (handball)) of SC 77 Langelsheim e. V. and the TC Kalkrösecke e. V. (tennis).
Sports and leisure facilities
- Water sports possibilities on the Innerstestausee
- Harz Stadium with two soccer fields and an athletics track
- Ball sports hall at the school center
- outdoor pool
Regular events
- Bike adventure day
- Heinrich Steinweg concert
- State youth fire brigade camp
- Rose Festival
Economy and Infrastructure
Economic sectors: chemical industry (especially plastic products and paints), metal processing, trade, tourism
Chemical industry
Albemarle (formerly Rockwood Lithium ), PPM Pure Metals ( Recylex ), Chemetall , Kömmerling , Synthomer , Heubach and the logistics company Lehnkering are based in Langelsheim . They employ a total of around 1200 people.
tourism
Campsite “Am Krähenberg” (65,000 square meters) offers campers a home all year round. In addition to smaller pensions, there is an inn with a hotel. There are other hotels in the Lautenthal and Wolfshagen districts.
traffic
For the development of the postal system in Langelsheim, see: Braunschweig-Göttingen postal route .
Road traffic in
Langelsheim is on the B 82 federal road, which connects to the (four-lane) B 6 ( Hanover - Halle (Saale) ) in the direction of Goslar , the A 395 federal motorway ( Braunschweig - Vienenburg ) and the A 7 in the direction of Seesen .
Public bus transport
There are local public transport buses to Goslar and Clausthal-Zellerfeld .
Rail traffic
Until 1976, Langelsheim station on the Neuekrug-Hahausen-Goslar line was a branch of the Innerstetalbahn , which ran from here through the Upper Harz to Altenau . Today Langelsheim still has a stop on the regional trains from Göttingen or Holzminden to Bad Harzburg.
education
Primary school and secondary school (amalgamation of the secondary and secondary schools).
sons and daughters of the town
- Jan Assmann (* 1938), Egyptologist and religious scholar
- Uwe Böker (1940–2020), philologist and English specialist
- Hans-Werner Bothe (* 1952), neurosurgeon and philosopher
literature
- Karl Steinacker : The architectural and art monuments of the district of Gandersheim (= The architectural and art monuments of the Duchy of Braunschweig . Volume 5 ). Wolfenbüttel 1910, p. 373–382 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb00067209-2 .
Web links
- Link catalog on Langelsheim at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019 ( help ).
- ↑ a b c d Torsten Schröpfer: Treasure trove - interesting facts about the West Harz mining and metallurgy . Upper Harz History and Museum Association V. (Ed.), Clausthal-Zellerfeld 2000, ISBN 3-923605-08-0 .
- ↑ Uwe Wegener: Harz Nature Park . With national park and Brocken. 2nd Edition. Schadach, Goslar 1999, ISBN 3-928728-39-3 .
- ↑ Population of the municipalities and districts of the Goslar district. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
- ^ Otto Thielemann : Prehistory on the North Harz . In: Contributions to the history of the city of Goslar . tape 32 . History and Heimatschutzverein Goslar e. V., Goslar 1977, p. 4 .
- ↑ a b c Klaus Krause, Ursula Müller: Seen in flight . Goslar: a gem among its neighbors. Goslarsche Zeitung, Goslar 1995, ISBN 3-9804749-0-9 .
- ↑ Reinhard Roseneck (ed.): The Rammelsberg . A thousand years of people - nature - technology. Goslarsche Zeitung, Goslar 2001, ISBN 3-9804749-4-1 .
- ↑ Memories of the greatest rock festival of all time in the Harz region.
- ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 268 .
- ↑ Goslarsche Zeitung : The merger is dry . 29th November 2019.
- ↑ State Office for Statistics and Communication Technology Lower Saxony. Retrieved May 19, 2013 .
- ^ Website of the municipal data processing. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
- ^ Website of the communal data processing in Oldenburg. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
- ^ Lower Saxony Municipal Constitutional Law (NKomVG); Section 46 - Number of Deputies. December 17, 2010, accessed February 7, 2015.
- ↑ District of Hanover (ed.): Wappenbuch district of Hanover . Self-published, Hanover 1985.
- ^ A b Arnold Rabbow: Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch . The coats of arms of the communities and districts in the urban and rural districts of Braunschweig, Gandersheim, Gifhorn, Goslar, Helmstedt, Peine, Salzgitter, Wolfenbüttel and Wolfsburg. Ed .: Braunschweiger Zeitung, Salzgitter Zeitung and Wolfsburger Nachrichten. Eckensberger & Co Verlag, Braunschweig 1977, DNB 780686667 , p. 28 .
- ↑ Klemens Stadler: German coat of arms Federal Republic of Germany . The municipal coats of arms of the federal states of Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein. tape 5 . Angelsachsen-Verlag, Bremen 1970, p. 53 .
- ^ Information from chemical companies. ( Memento from June 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) In: www.rockwoodlithium.de. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
Bad Harzburg | Braunlage | Clausthal-Zellerfeld | Goslar | Hahausen | Langelsheim | Liebenburg | Lutter am Barenberge | Seesen | Wallmoden
Community-free area in the district of Goslar
Harz (district of Goslar)
Field of branches with Herzog Juliushütte | Bredelem with palm mill | Langelsheim | Lautenthal with Hüttschenthal | Wolfshagen in the Harz Mountains