Langen near Bregenz

Langen near Bregenz
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Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Vorarlberg
Political District :	Bregenz
License plate :	B.
Surface:	21.85 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 30 '  N , 9 ° 50'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 30 '28 "  N , 9 ° 49' 37"  E
Height :	658  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,446 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	66 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	6932
Area code :	05575
Community code :	8 02 22
Address of the municipal administration:	Dorf 150 6932 Langen near Bregenz
Website:	www.langen.at
politics
Mayor :	Josef Kirchmann
Local council : (2015) (15 members)	15th 15th  A total of 15 seats Citizen list Langen: 15
Location of Langen near Bregenz in the Bregenz district
Church village of Langen near Bregenz
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Langen bei Bregenz is a municipality with 1,446 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Bregenz district in Vorarlberg . The community is located on the southern slope of the Pfänderstock, about ten kilometers from Bregenz .

geography

The municipality of Langen bei Bregenz is located in the Bodensee-Alpenrhein region in the Vorarlberg Rhine Valley . However, since Langen is very close to the Bregenzerwald , the municipality is in some respects still part of the Bregenzerwald region. For example, Langen can be found among the locations on the Bregenzerwald Cheese Route , an association of Bregenzerwald farmers, landlords, craftsmen and trading companies.

From Langen there is the possibility to hike three mountains over a thousand meters high. The highest is the 1095 m high Hirschberg , which shares its name with the 1834 m high Hirschberg near Bizau . From here you can get to the 1069 m high Hochberg and the 1064 m high "local mountain" Bregenz , the Pfänder .

Neighboring communities

The municipality of Langen borders on nine municipalities, all of which, with the exception of Scheidegg , a Bavarian municipality, are in the Bregenz district.

Möggers	Scheidegg
Eichenberg , Lochau , Bregenz		Sulzberg
	Book , Alberschwende	Doren

history

The origin of the name "Langen" can probably be traced back to one of the first settlers in the area. That this was called "Lang" or "Lange" is also likely because numerous other parcel names in the area were created in a similar way. Originally Langen only referred to today's center of the municipality, the village, while the remaining parts of today's municipality of Langen were collectively referred to as Hinterrickenbachtobel or Hintertobel .

In 1422 a Dominican convent was founded on Hirschberg , which burned down in 1460 as a result of a lightning strike and was then moved to Kennelbach . Around the same time, there was also a small chapel in the Langen settlement, which at that time still belonged to the mother parish of Bregenz. The church was not separated from the Bregenz parish until 1565. Ten years later, in 1575, the parish was enlarged by integrating the parish west of the Weißenhuberbach.

The community found a substantial connection to the areas outside of the Vorderen Bregenz Forest in 1765/66, when a road connection was established from Weiler in Allgäu via Langen and the Bregenzer Fluh to Bregenz. This road was part of the salt road from Solbad Hall into the Rhine Valley . A traffic connection for wagons and later motor vehicles was only possible from 1903, when the first passable road from Bregenz via Kennelbach-Kustersberg and the Wirtatobel to Langen existed. A year earlier , the community was connected to the railway network with the Bregenzerwaldbahn , which ran in the river bed of the Bregenzer Ache between Bezau and Bregenz and had a Langen-Buch stop . Although the popularly known “Wälderbähnle” had to stop operating in 1980, the state road to Langen was considerably expanded and renewed in 1980/81 to compensate for this.

Population development

politics

The municipal council of Langen near Bregenz consists of 15 members, all of whom belong to the Langen citizens' list after the municipal council elections in 2015 . Mayor of the community is Josef Kirchmann, Deputy Mayor is Peter Steurer.

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Langen near Bregenz

• Parish Church of St. Sebastian
• War memorial north of the parish church
• House southwest of the parish church with a tent roof and outside staircase
• Chapel in the Abt-Pfanner-Haus
• Chapel of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary in Hirschbergsau
• Mariakapelle on the Hirschberg
• Old and New Fatima Chapel on the tunnel
• Sägenbach Bridge
• European protected area Witmoos

Economy and Infrastructure

In 2003 there were 26 commercial enterprises with 101 employees and 8 apprentices on site. There were 602 employees subject to wage tax. There are (as of January 2003) 73 pupils on site. There is also a kindergarten in Langen near Bregenz.

Sons and daughters of the church

• Franz Pfanner (1825–1909), abbot and missionary

Web links

Commons : Langen bei Bregenz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Commons : Ice Race 2010  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• 80222 - Langen near Bregenz. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ^ History on the website of the municipality of Langen bei Bregenz.
2. ↑ Dehio Vorarlberg (1983)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.