Langen (Fehrbellin)

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Fehrbellin parish
Coat of arms of Langen
Coordinates: 52 ° 50 ′ 23 "  N , 12 ° 48 ′ 11"  E
Residents : 500
Incorporation : October 26, 2003
Postal code : 16818
Area code : 033932
Langen parish hall

Langen is a typical elongated street village with around 500 inhabitants and a part of the municipality of Fehrbellin in the Ostprignitz-Ruppin district , Brandenburg . The place is northeast of Fehrbellin. The place was mentioned for the first time in 1291. The name comes from the Slavic word lay for swampy terrain . The brick church from 1855 is striking and visible from afar. It forms the center of the community.

geography

Rectory

Not far from the A 24 is the place in the Ruppiner Land , between Fehrbellin and the Ruppiner See.

In his hikes through the Mark Brandenburg , Theodor Fontane describes this country as “one of the quiet ones in our province, the railroad barely touches it, and the major roads just run to its border; but the quietest part of this quiet land is the east bank of the beautiful lake which forms the center of our county and which takes its name from it. There are no people passing through here, and everyone you meet is at home here; no traffic other than that between the villages ... "

Handle pump in the churchyard

history

The place was first mentioned in 1291 as "Villa Langen". The name means "place in swampy terrain", which is due to the proximity to the Rhinluch . Around 1490, Langen was part of the Ruppin rule, which was essentially imperial, under the rule of the Counts of Lindow-Ruppin .

The von Zieten zu Wildberg and Langen family owned a knight's seat here until 1687 . In 1638 imperial troops burned down the village including Zieten's knight seat. In 1665 the church and part of the village burned down.

From the second half of the 18th century, the von der Hagen estate had expanded the village. Thanks to peat mining since the end of the 18th century, Langen experienced an economic boom. In 1858 the community had 650 inhabitants. During this time the stately new building of the village church was built.

After the Second World War , the area was divided among 57 settlers. In 1958 the LPG "Glückauf" was founded. 1960 then another LPG, as well as the VEG Langen / Zietenhorst with 539 hectares of usable area.

Today Langen presents itself as a wide street village with loosely lined up courtyards. The historical core is concentrated around the area of ​​the church, the rectory and the former manor house in the middle of the village.

Langen was incorporated into Fehrbellin on October 26, 2003.

politics

coat of arms

Blazon : “In silver on a green shield base, a three-part red gate building with a larger central structure and three open arched gates, flanked by four turrets with pointed roofs with black knobs; the middle gate and the shield base are covered with an upright spade in confused colors. "

The coat of arms is used as a place symbol with private law meaning. It was designed by heraldist Frank Diemar .

flag

The flag is striped green and white with the local coat of arms in the middle.

Local partnerships

Langen maintains partnerships with Langen near Bremerhaven and Langen in Hesse.

Langen village church

“Stüler” church in Langen with an archway

The village church, built “in the Italian-Romanizing style of the Stüler area”, is set back in the center of the village, at the northern end of the slightly rising church courtyard. Due to the elevated location, it unfolds extensive views over the Rhinluch.

In 1997 the Förderverein Stüler-Kirche e. V., which has set itself the goal of preservation and restoration.

Theodor Fliedner Foundation

Theodor Fliedner Foundation in Langen

The Theodor Fliedner Foundation Brandenburg is a subsidiary of the foundation of the same name based in Mülheim an der Ruhr . It maintains dwellings, residential groups and outpatient forms of care for people with mental and multiple disabilities as well as for chronically mentally ill people. It was founded in 1991 and works largely independently.

Since 2005 the foundation has maintained a residence on the property of the old rectory in Langen. Since August 2007, outpatient assisted living has been offered for people with disabilities in the former rectory.

societies

In Langen there is the football club Langener SV 02 (founded in 1902), which attracts up to 200 spectators to its home games.

The second largest club is the Langener Anglerverein eV, with around 50 members. Since 2004 the fishing festival for the whole village has taken place every summer.

photos

  • church

  • Steeple

  • Maypole on the Kirchberg

  • Cemetery of honor

  • Quast memorial stone

  • Manor house

literature

Web links

Commons : Langen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Märkische Oderzeitung , September 30, 2005, p. 9
  2. ↑ Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2003. StBA
  3. ^ Georg Dehio et al .: Handbook of German Art Monuments - Berlin / GDR and Potsdam districts . Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1988, p. 274