Langenburg, Saskatchewan
Langenburg | ||
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View from east to Langenburg |
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Motto : Community and Economy Growing Together | ||
Location in Saskatchewan | ||
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State : | Canada | |
Province : | Saskatchewan | |
Region: | Census Division No. 5 | |
Rural municipality: | Langenburg No. 181 | |
Coordinates : | 50 ° 45 ′ N , 101 ° 44 ′ W | |
Residents : | 1148 (as of 2011) | |
Time zone : | Central Time ( UTC − 6 ) | |
Postal code : | S0A 2A0 | |
Area code : | +1 306 | |
Mayor : | Don Fogg | |
Website : | www.town.langenburg.sk.ca |
Langenburg ( Town of Langenburg ) (pronounced / lændʒənbərg /) is a small town in the municipality of Langenburg No. 18 of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan .
Langenburg is located on Saskatchewan Highway 16 in the southeastern part of the province. The nearest town, Yorkton , is 70 km to the northwest.
Langenburg was mainly settled by Germans in the 1880s. The city was initially named as the "Hohenlohe Colony" after Prince von Hohenlohe Langenburg. In the winter of 1886/87 the place was connected to the Manitoba and Northwestern Railway . This built a train station called Langenburg, from which the place owes its name.