Langenfeld (Rhineland)

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Langenfeld (Rhineland)
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Coordinates: 51 ° 7 '  N , 6 ° 57'  E

Basic data
State : North Rhine-Westphalia
Administrative region : Dusseldorf
Circle : Mettmann
Height : 47 m above sea level NHN
Area : 41.15 km 2
Residents: 59,178 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 1438 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 40764
Primaries : 02173, 02171, 0212
License plate : ME
Community key : 05 1 58 020
LOCODE : DE LGF
City structure: 6 districts

City administration address : 		Konrad-Adenauer-Platz 1
40764 Langenfeld (Rhineland)
Website : www.langenfeld.de
Mayor : Frank Schneider ( CDU )
Location of the city of Langenfeld (Rhineland) in the Mettmann district
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Langenfeld (Rhineland) is a medium-sized town in the Mettmann district ( Düsseldorf administrative district , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany ). With 59,178 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) it is the third largest city in the district.

geography

The city of Langenfeld is located southeast of Düsseldorf , south of Hilden , west of Solingen and Leichlingen , north of Leverkusen and east of Monheim am Rhein . Langenfeld is traversed by several streams (such as Viehbach, Blockbach and Galkhauser Bach), which feed their water via the Langforter Bach to the old Rhine arm in Düsseldorf-Urdenbach . The urban area extends over about 42 square kilometers on the river terraces east of the Rhine , but without direct access to the Rhine . The north-south extension of the city is about 7 km, the east-west axis about 6 km. The lowest point with about 40  m above sea level. NN . is located in the Knipprath forest on the city limits of Monheim am Rhein. The highest point is the Wenzelnberg at the city limits to Solingen with about 112  m above sea level. NN .

history

Prehistory and early history

St. Barbara's Church 51 ° 5 ′ 6.3 "  N , 6 ° 58 ′ 27.4"  E

The prehistory and early history of the city is still largely in the dark. A Germanic burial ground from the first century AD on the Rosendahlsberg / Neuburger Hof (Langenfeld- Reusrath Süd / city limit to Leverkusen ) suggests an early settlement, even if the associated settlement has not yet been found. Another burial ground was discovered during construction work in January 2016 on Düsseldorfer Str. / An der Landstr. in Berghausen. Here the age is estimated at 2500 years. The associated settlement is also little known, but is believed to be nearby.

Even older finds on the Rosendahlsberg (stone chips for blades made of flint ) could be dated to the Paleolithic. Today they are kept in the Museum of Prehistory and Early History in Cologne. Several stone axes from Langenfeld-Feldhausen from the younger Stone Age should also justify the assumption that the right Rhine terrace has been inhabited since the earliest history of mankind. Should be mentioned, according to the local historian of the Neanderthal , finally belonged Erkrath and Langenfeld both the Mettmann on.

The remains of a Roman consecration bell (only three more known from antiquity) and u. a. further fragments from the Rosendahlsberg could be assigned to Roman times. The discovery of a Roman Mercurius statuette in 1976 on Kirschstrasse in Richrath also caused a stir . Presumably there were trade relations and travel across the Rhine to the Roman Empire.

Recent excavations at the St. Martinus Church in Langenfeld- Richrath have shown that places with the ending -rath could have been founded as early as the end of the eighth century, almost two hundred years earlier than previously assumed. In any case, the discovery of a bone of a person buried at the church , which was dated exactly to the year 796 by the researchers using the radio-carbon method . According to recent newspaper reports, this result is confirmed by the excavations in Reusrath on the church deserted St. Barbara . Among other things, a tree coffin was found here at the Alter Markt . In addition, the first St. Barbara Church was apparently built in an earlier grave field . However, further investigations are still pending. In 2009 the find from the church desert was finally buried after a solemn mass at the "Old Market" in the St. Barbara cemetery.

The nailed skull from Langenfeld found during excavation work on April 16, 1964 at Kölner Strasse 50 could have belonged to a 20-year-old woman, according to forensic investigations. This is indicated on the one hand by the shape of the skull and on the other by the discovery of a headgear interwoven with gold thread, presumably of oriental origin (still being investigated). Nailed skulls (the most famous is the presumed one by Klaus Störtebeker ) are rare and served as a deterrent . According to the forensic scientist in archaeological services, Peter Pieper, in his lecture in February 2008 (see also Müller.) , The find can presumably be dated to the time of the witch hunts.

A horse burial on the "Götscher Weg" in Langenfeld-Richrath, which was discovered during excavation work for a canal construction project in the 1960s, according to old residents of the street, is not documented. References to their significance range from the time of the Great Migration to the death of the leader of an advance detachment in the Turkish war of 1663/1664, which Turkish history books would tell. However, there are two traditions (cited by Görgens) about the story, a legend from Berghausen about the Weißenstein and another from Rheinmülheim ( Cologne-Mülheim ) about the victory of the German emperor over an army from the east, which are related to the burial could stand. There are also investigations into the alleged early medieval castle stables in the Further Moor in connection with the legend about the sunken castle from ( Hapelrath ), also into the ground drawings in the (so-called: Leichlinger ) sand mountains.

The development to the city

St. Martin church tower 51 ° 7 ′ 47.2 ″  N , 6 ° 56 ′ 40 ″  E

The municipalities of Reusrath and Richrath , both of which belonged to the mayor's office of Richrath in the district of Solingen , had existed in today's urban area since the 19th century . The municipality of Reusrath included Hausingen and Mehlbruch , and the municipality of Richrath Berghausen , Hucklenbruch , Immigrath and Wiescheid .

Reusrath and Richrath were merged on April 1, 1910 to form the municipality of Richrath-Reusrath. From 1929 Richrath-Reusrath belonged to the Rhein-Wupper-Kreis . On November 11, 1936, Richrath-Reusrath was renamed Langenfeld (Rhld.) . The community received city rights in 1948. Langenfeld has been part of the Mettmann district since 1975.

The city was first mentioned as "Langevelt" in a document from 1396. The name "The long field" for Langenfeld reappeared in a map published in Paris in 1673 by Nicolas Sanson . Another by Johann Baptist Homann is dated around 1730. According to this, the entire rural settlement area between Itterbach in the north and Wupper in the south, between Monheim in the west and Bergisches Land in the east was evidently originally referred to as the “long field” . The term “Langenfeld” was later transferred to the city, which, despite its old settlement history, only received city ​​rights in 1948 .

Neurath (Voigtslach, Leverkusen city ​​limits ) is first mentioned in writing from today's town of Langenfeld in a Kaiserwerther document from the year 904, while the documented history of Richrath only dates back to 1090, that of Reusrath dates back to 1281 enough. The villages originally located in the Duchy of Berg were also classified by the Count of Jülich under the name "Parish Richrath" from around 1289. The administration of the later Richrath rule, which lasted from 1666 to 1804, was temporarily carried out by Bergische Freiheit Monheim am Rhein . The oldest preserved building is the Romanesque tower of St. Martin's Church in Richrath (built around 1150).

Postillon and Christel von der Post in front of the Stadtgalerie in Langenfeld 51 ° 6 ′ 40.2 ″  N , 6 ° 56 ′ 56.4 ″  E

The development of the city of Langenfeld is largely shaped by its location on the old Via Publica , the later Cologne-Arnheimer Chaussee and today's B 8 . Many people traveled on this European trunk road and the other supra-regional connection between Hitdorf's Rheinhafen and the Bergisches Land and goods were distributed in all directions. As a logical consequence, on June 8, 1668, the Düsseldorf haulage entrepreneur Johann Maurenbrecher received an initial concession for regular "post transport" between Cologne and Düsseldorf. In 1774, the first post office of the Imperial Post Office operated by the Thurn and Taxis was set up in Berghausen am Probsthof (Alt Langenfeld), which was initially operated there until 1788. A relocation of the station to Opladen was not very lucky, so that the postman was delivered on September 25, 1793, the dismissal. From October 11, 1793, the station was therefore finally set up again in Langenfeld until the post-coach operation was discontinued, namely at today's Berliner Platz (across from the Wagner house ). For the year 1844, 24 postillons are guaranteed there, each of whom looked after four of the same color and thus a total of almost 100 horses to be changed for the stagecoaches.

This part of history is still reflected today in the head of the city's coat of arms (awarded in 1939) in the form of the post horn . Relics of this time are also the approximately 1.5 m high, square stone steles on which the travel times by post coach to the cities of Cologne , Düsseldorf and Solingen are given in hours. With the advent of the railroad , however, the importance of the stagecoach and the horse changing station in Langenfeld finally declined again. One last driving post left Langenfeld in 1905. However, given the supra-regional importance of the post office, the relocation of the “Landes-Reit- und Fahrschule Rheinland” to Langenfeld appears to be a logical consequence.

Today the past stagecoach tradition is honored by the "traditional couple of the city of Langenfeld". At festive occasions, “ Postillon and Christel von der Post ” represent the city of Langenfeld together with the mayor . The couple is often accompanied by the coachman's guard in historical postal uniforms from the German states of that time and from the imperial era. A bronze image of the traditional couple can be found in front of the main entrance of the “Stadtgalerie”.

  • Marketplace development

  • City Gallery

  • Pedestrian zone

  • Hewag senior pen

Massacre in the Wenceslas Gorge

In the Wenzelnberg Gorge in the Langenfeld city area, 71 inmates from the Lüttringhausen prison were executed by Gestapo people on April 13, 1945 in the course of end- of- war crimes. After the war, the bodies were exhumed by 25 well-known National Socialists under the supervision of American occupation soldiers, led by a 19-year-old radio operator, and later buried in front of the town hall in Solingen-Ohligs . In 1965 the victims were reburied at the Wenzelnberg memorial , where an annual commemoration event takes place.

During the European refugee crisis in the 2010s

On October 16, 2015, Langenfeld accommodated 546 asylum seekers with an ongoing asylum procedure and an additional 91 refugees spread across two initial reception facilities (sports hall of the Konrad-Adenauer-Gymnasium and a gymnasium in the Wiescheid district ) with a combined capacity of 130 people. On October 14th, the city administration decided to prepare a further sports hall for the initial reception of refugees in addition to the existing initial reception facilities, the Wilhelm-Würz-Halle.

Economic history

House Arndt 51 ° 0 ′ 33.6 ″  N , 6 ° 56 ′ 57.5 ″  E

If you look at the finds since the Stone Age, Langenfeld was shaped by rural settlements for a long time. Proof of this is the Arndt house in the city center, a former farmhouse that is now used for gastronomy purposes.

Smaller handicraft businesses , such as the shell cutter Kotten , which was rebuilt in 2008 for the production of knife handles , added to the range of jobs. In the Kotten (house) , which is located in a freely visible exhibition hall in the Volksgarten, men from Wiescheid made wage labor wooden handles for the Solingen cutlery industry. The first larger companies such as weaving mills settled here from around 1860, the first metal processing companies from 1895. Thanks to the favorable geographical location to the cities of Cologne , Leverkusen , Solingen and Düsseldorf , in connection with the good transport connections by the federal railway line S6, the motorways 3 , 59 and 542 , the federal highways 8 and 229 as well as moderate business tax rates, the city of Langenfeld has experienced since the 1980s Years a further steady upswing. As a result, many new companies were founded in Langenfeld or the headquarters or administration moved to Langenfeld, such as Lanxess in 2005.

The Stadtmuseum Langenfeld shows selected exhibits on the city's history , others are kept by the Roman-Germanic Museum in Cologne and the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn . However, related exhibits relate more to the history of those passing through, such as that of Stone Age hunters and collectors, or to things acquired through trade, lost or given as burial gifts. The Rhenish Open Air Museum in Kommern in the Eifel gives a good impression of the rural settlement history and thus the economic history over many centuries . And for the change from handicraft to industrialization - also for the local Vorbergischen area - reference is made to the Westphalian Open Air Museum in Hagen .

The city has a city coat of arms, a flag and an official seal as well as a logo. The right to use a coat of arms was granted to the city in a certificate dated July 26, 1939 by the Upper President of the Rhine Province in Koblenz .

  • coat of arms

  • flag

  • seal

  • logo

The flag of the city of Langenfeld Rhld. Shows the colors green-white-green and the city coat of arms, described in more detail in the next paragraph, in the middle of the flag.

Blazon : Under a green shield head, inside a golden post horn with blue cord and blue tassels, in silver a two-tailed, blue-crowned, armored and tongued red lion.

Langenfeld was the old Thurn and Taxis post office “in the long field” between Düsseldorf and Cologne; the post horn reminds of it. The Bergische Löwe is a reminder of the former affiliation to the Duchy of Berg .

The seal of the city shows the coat of arms with the inscription "STADT LANGENFELD RHLD."

population

As of December 31, 2015, the city of Langenfeld had a total of 58,767 inhabitants. Of these, 28,621 were male and 30,146 were female.

Population development

In the years 2006 to 2009 (cut-off date June 30th each time) the number of citizens was distributed among the individual districts as follows:

2006 2007 2008 2009
center 11,015 10,974 11,024 10,989 (- 35)
Immigrath 16,489 16,651 16,595 16,543 (- 52)
Richrath 15,367 15,289 15,415 15,438 (+ 23)
Reusrath 7.161 7,189 7,196 7,145 (- 51)
Berghausen 5,728 5,772 5,812 5,792 (- 20)
Wiescheid 3,187 3,200 3,170 3,149 (- 21)

The population by gender and the number of foreigners were as follows:

2006 2007 2008 2009 2012 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Residents 58,947 59,075 59,213 59,056 59.207 57,083 58.033 58,563 58,698 58,927
male 28,808 28,893 28,960 28,835 28,841 27,635 28,239 28,461 28,500 28,638
Female 30.139 30,182 30,253 30,221 30,366 29,448 29,794 30.102 30.198 30,288
Foreigners 4,609 (7.19%) 4,705 (7.96%) 4,641 (7.84%) 4,647 (7.87%) 4,967 (8.38%) 4,794 (8.40%) 5,580 (9.61%) 5,787 (9.88%) 5,817 (9.91%) 5,954 (10.10%)

All figures come from the city's website and were collected by the State Office for Data Processing and Statistics North Rhine-Westphalia (LDS NRW). The figures unofficially collected by the city in shorter periods of time cannot deviate significantly from the reference date figures.

Demographics

Age structure in Langenfeld (as of 2011)
Men Age level Women
1108 
 under 5
1111 
1255 
 5-9
1247 
1559 
 10-14
1442 
1630 
 15-19
1433 
1494 
 20-24
1561 
1373 
 25-29
1301 
1185 
 30-34
1435 
1267 
 35-39
1672 
2487 
 40-44
2576 
2859 
 45-49
2814 
2518 
 50-54
2433 
1997 
 55-59
1920 
1556 
 60-64
1732 
1491 
 65-69
1701 
1641 
 70-74
1925 
1127 
 75-79
1386 
618 
 80-84
884 
263 
 85-89
574 
61 
 90 and older
220 

politics

Local election 2014
Turnout: 55.2%
 %
60
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
50.9%
19.1%
14.2%
12.0%
3.8%
n. k.
B / G / L
Gains and losses
compared to 2009
 % p
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
-4.7  % p.p.
+ 5.3  % p
+ 3.1  % p.p.
+ 0.5  % p
-3.1  % p
-1.0  % p
B / G / L
Allocation of seats in the
Langenfeld City Council in 2014
     
A total of 44 seats

City council

The local elections on May 25, 2014 resulted in the following distribution of seats in the City Council:

Party / list CDU SPD Citizens' Community Langenfeld (B / G / L) Green FDP
Seats 23 8th 6th 5 2

mayor

Until 1996 the first mayor was an honorary post. The first mayor was the “political” head of the city and chairman of the city council. With the introduction of the full-time mayor in North Rhine-Westphalia in 1996, the full-time mayor also took on the role of administrative director of the city administration.

The mayors of the city of Langenfeld since the foundation were:

  • 1946–1953 Karl Aschenbroich † 1953 (CDU)
  • 1953–1961 Anton Schmitz (CDU)
  • 1961–1989 Hans Litterscheid † 2014 (CDU)
  • 1989–1994 Friedhelm Görgens † 2013 (CDU)
  • 1994–2009 Magnus Staehler (CDU) - first full-time mayor
  • since 2009 Frank Schneider (CDU)

City Directors

Until the introduction of the full-time mayor in 1996, the city director was the full-time head of the city administration.

  • 1946–1956 Peter Dietzer
  • 1956–1968 Hans Koch
  • 1968–1980 Josef Wilken
  • 1980–1996 Siegfried Honert

Town twinning

City friendships

economy

Debt Clock (2007)

A " debt clock" attached to the town hall of Langenfeld in 1997 with the then current debt levels of Langenfeld, the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the federal government was dismantled at the end of 2008 and passed on to Grevenbroich . In Langenfeld it had served its purpose, so the statement of the then mayor Magnus Staehler, because since October 3, 2008 the city has been free of debt. The city was honored for this in the nationwide competition Grand Prize for Medium-Sized Enterprises of the Oskar Patzelt Foundation in 2007 with the prize “Commune of the Year”. In order to achieve this goal, taxes were increased on the one hand, and subsidies to associations were cut on the other, so that between 1997 and 2002 the debt was halved. Under the motto Golden Times , on the first weekend in October, the freedom from debt and thus the freedom of design that had been regained for the city was celebrated with a big party for the citizens. By 2013, the reserves saved through budget surpluses had again shrunk sharply due to subsequent budget deficits.

This success was made possible by a successful settlement policy as well as extensive administrative simplifications. By simplifying the approval procedures for company settlements and the development of new industrial areas near Düsseldorf-Hellerhof as well as the marketing of fallow land in the East industrial area, which has been designated in Hardt since 1953, many new companies (including the mail distribution center of Deutsche Post, Aldi , Orthomol as well as forwarding agents and Department stores ). Other new commercial spaces near the 542 in Galkhausen and 59 highways have already been partially marketed.

Other companies based in Langenfeld are:

  • Market arcades

  • Market hall

  • Market square

  • Consumer advice center

Shopping

The central shopping street in Langenfeld is the connection between Rathaus / Konrad-Adenauer-Platz in the northern part of the city, via the market square to Berliner Platz in the south. Originally a continuously drivable street, at the end of the 1990s a section between Friedhofstraße and Marktplatz was redesigned into a pedestrian zone and, together with the Marktplatz, which was originally used as a parking lot, was closed to car traffic.

The shopping offer in Langenfeld has been enriched since October 5, 2000 by the Stadtgalerie with, among others, Thalia , textile companies such as C&A , plus medi-max , bakeries, Aldi , confectionery, gift and drugstore goods and the post office. Further shopping centers were built with the market hall on the market square (April 2000), the market arcades and the market square (7,700 m²), which opened on November 6, 2008. Tenants there include s.Oliver , Esprit , Gerry Weber , Bonita , GameStop , New Yorker , Triumph and the Müller drugstore .

Another project to renew the shopping infrastructure is the conversion or new construction of the building of the insolvent Hertie GmbH (formerly Karstadt ). After Hertie closed the property, it was converted into another shopping center, the Saß am Markt (6,200 m² of retail space). The shops there include Hennes & Mauritz , Intersport , Tom Tailor , Depot , Swiss break , Bijou Brigitte , dm-drogerie markt and Olymp & Hades .

While the shopping opportunities in the Langenfeld city center are centrally controlled by the city administration or so-called city management as the "Langenfeld ShoppingMitte", independent shopping opportunities with different characteristics have developed in the districts:

The shopping opportunities around the churches in the districts of Richrath and Reusrath have grown historically . The Richrath town center forms around Kaiserstrasse, traditionally also referred to as "the village", with two bakeries, two flower shops, two shops for dog supplies, two restaurants / pubs, a butcher, a pharmacy, an edeka supermarket, dry cleaning and boutique , Optician, travel agency, savings bank, insurance agency, bicycle shop, driving school, newspaper and lottery shop, tattoo studio and various shops dealing with the topics of health and beauty, the largest connected shopping opportunity outside the city center.

In October 2016, a newly built shopping center with a Rewe supermarket with a bakery and sushi counter, dm-drogerie markt , pharmacy, hairdresser, tanning salon and Asian restaurant opened in the Berghausen district on Hugo-Zade-Weg , in the immediate vicinity of the one that has existed there for decades Garden center "Berghausen flower pot".

There is also a shopping center in the Langfort district, u. a. with bakery, net supermarket, pharmacy and travel agency. In the vicinity of Berliner Platz, the real supermarket with its integrated shops (bakery, pharmacy, gastronomy, cleaning, shoemaker, nail salon and Ernstings shop) as well as the adjacent Hagebau hardware store and Lidl discounter is another combined local supply center.

In addition, there are numerous other shops, supermarkets and often owner-managed retail outlets in the other districts.

Culture

  • Hajek-Plastik in the pedestrian zone

  • Mack sculpture in front of KunZe, City Hall, Sparkasse

  • Scene (city halls), city library and VHS

  • The cabaret: the showroom in Richrath

In the city center of Langenfeld is the town hall “Schauplatz”, in the district of Richrath the “Schaustall” (also known under its former name Kulturfabrik). Cabaret and music events take place at both venues. Schauplatz GmbH is largely responsible for the city's cultural program. The company not only organizes events by well-known artists across Germany, but also supports the local improvisational theater. The young ensemble with the leek as a trademark was founded in 2010 in the Posthornstadt and is now one of the firmly established events in Langenfeld. The imp group offers entertaining comedy for young and old. The founding members of the improvisational theater come from the ranks of the Langenfeld cultural association. The cabaret ensemble "Die Studiobühne" and the children's / youth theater "Die Blinklichter" belong to it. The studio stage serves classic cabaret with local flavor. The flashing lights are an experience for the whole family in the run-up to Christmas.

The city library / art library is located in the premises of the city hall.

There is also the Rex cinema, which is also operated by Schauplatz GmbH. Other municipal cultural institutions are the adult education center, the youth music school, the art school and the cultural forum in the Freiherr-vom-Stein-Haus (city archive, permanent exhibition on the city's history and changing art exhibitions). In Langenfeld there is also a lively free cultural scene, in which among others the art association founded in 1983 , the "artist group Falter" (IG-KLM), the theater groups Die Blinklichter, studio stage and city ensemble, the Lydton film and video club and around 30 choirs and Orchestras are active.

Art in public space has played a bigger role in Langenfeld for several years. In 2007, with the construction of the Wiescheider Kotten , the house of the last Langenfeld shell cutter Wilhelm Jakobs in a large, modern shell made of glass, as well as the installation of the so-called "swath flap" by the Langenfeld artist Franz Leinfelder in the Immigrath district on the B 229, two important works of art repositioned. For 2008 - for the city's 60th anniversary - a 16-meter-high and around 600,000 euro expensive sculpture (“Great Vertical Rhythm”) by the internationally known artist Heinz Mack was set up as a gift from two important Langenfeld companies. Other important objects are the concave mirror installation by Adolf Luther at the town hall, two sculptures by Otto Herbert Hajek in the pedestrian zone (“Stadtzeichen”) and in front of the entrance to the Kunstverein (“Wandlungen”), as well as a stainless steel relief by Horst Gläsker (“Chaos und Order ”) at the main entrance of the cultural center.

religion

Langenfeld counts the Christian and Islamic / Muslim religious communities typical for North Rhine-Westphalia. In addition to numerous Roman Catholic and Lutheran Protestant churches, there are other religious institutions and meeting rooms of other faiths in Langenfeld:

Evangelical Lutheran Churches

In Langenfeld there are three Protestant churches of the Protestant parish of Langenfeld:

The Johanneskirche in the CBT house, Langenfeld-Mitte, Eichenfeldstraße, was deedicated on January 27, 2017.

Roman Catholic churches

There are a total of eight Roman Catholic churches and a hospital chapel of the Catholic parish of St. Josef and Martin in Langenfeld:

  • St. Barbara , Reusrath, Trompeter Strasse
  • Christ the King, Langenfeld-Mitte, Friedenstrasse
  • St. Gerhard, Mehlbruch-Gieslenberg, Rheindorfer Strasse
  • St. Josef (parish church), Langenfeld-Mitte, Solinger Straße
  • St. Maria Rosenkranz, Wiescheid, Kirchstrasse
  • St. Mary's Assumption, Hardt, Hardt
  • St. Martin , Richrath, Kaiserstrasse
  • St. Paulus , Berghausen, Treibstrasse
  • Chapel in the St. Martinus Hospital, Richrath, Klosterstrasse

Simultaneous church

The church on the grounds of the Rheinische Landesklinik (LVR) is used by both major denominations

Christian orientation

  • Community Center - Seventh-day Adventist Church, Friedrich-Krupp-Strasse
  • Community Center - Apostolic Community, Bahnstrasse
  • Community center - Christengemeinde ecclesia Langenfeld, Goerdelerweg
  • Community Center - Evangelical Free Congregation, Wilhelmstrasse
  • Community Center Poststrasse - Free Evangelical Congregation Langenfeld, Poststrasse
  • Church building - New Apostolic Church , Bachstrasse
  • Kingdom Hall - Jehovah's Witnesses , Schillerstrasse
  • City Mission Langenfeld, Herzogstrasse

Islamic orientation

  • Eyup-Sultan-Camii-Mosque of the DITIB , Turkish-Islamic community, Industriestrasse

Attractions

Langenfeld has no historic town center, no city wall, no city palace and no cathedral. Nevertheless, in Langenfeld you can find medieval, modern and modern, sometimes even side by side. A first gallery shows the remains of medieval hill-towers (so-called moths) and their successors made of stone. The Dückeburg is regarded as the successor to the Blockbach Moth, the Schwanenmühle as the predecessor of the Haus Graven moated castle. Incidentally, the Schwanenmühle, Langenfeld's oldest mill, which was mentioned in a document as early as 1341, is in the immediate vicinity of the Motte Schwanenmühle and about 800 meters from Haus Graven.

Ecclesiastical monuments could form a further focus for visits, but these should be excluded here - apart from St. Barbara in Reusrath and St. Martinus in Richrath at the top of the page. Please refer to the respective district pages or the respective special pages - for example on St. Josef in the city center. However, the 11th century bell tower of St. Martinus in Richrath deserves a special mention as the oldest building in the city. The evangelical Martin Luther Church in Reusrath from 1783 as well as the often forgotten, so-called “ Anstaltskirche ” on the grounds of the Rheinische Kliniken in Galkhausen because of its - according to Müller - much praised, should also be mentioned because of its long-term supraregional importance three bells, very harmonious steel peal. Instead of sacred buildings , reference should be made to the many new secular buildings in the city, some of which are to be presented as examples. They show the economic development of Langenfeld in recent years.

The Further Moor is a 43 hectare nature reserve with heather moor and transition moor areas.

Schools and education

schools

A total of 18 schools are distributed at 19 school locations across the city of Langenfeld. These are divided into 10 primary schools at 11 locations and 6 secondary schools, each under municipal sponsorship, as well as 2 special schools sponsored by the Mettmann district. With the establishment and start of the second comprehensive school (Prismaschule) from the school year 2013/2014, the end of the school year 2017/2018 for the last secondary school (Felix Metzmacher School) and the Johann Gutenberg - Real school decided.

Primary schools:

  • Christopherus School, Municipal Catholic Primary School
  • Don Bosco School, Municipal Catholic Primary School
  • Erich Kästner School, municipal community elementary school
  • Friedrich Froebel School, municipal community elementary school
  • Primary School Am Brückentor, Municipal Community Primary School
  • Primary school Gieslenberger Strasse, municipal community primary school
  • Primary school Götscher Weg, municipal community primary school
  • Richrath-Mitte primary school, municipal school association - main location Jahnstraße
  • Elementary school Richrath-Mitte, municipal school association - cath. Sub-location Zehntenweg
  • Wiescheid primary school, municipal community primary school
  • Paulus School, Municipal Catholic Primary School

Realschulen:

  • Copernicus secondary school
  • Johann Gutenberg Secondary School

Comprehensive schools:

  • Bettine-von-Arnim Comprehensive School (Hilden-Langenfeld Association)
  • Prism school

High school:

Special schools of the Mettmann district:

  • School at the Virneburg
  • Funding Center South (Langenfeld location)

Other educational institutions

  • Langenfeld Music School
  • Adult Education Center Langenfeld
  • Langenfeld City Library
  • Langenfeld bookcase (Berliner Platz)
  • KÖB St. Barbara (Catholic public library in Reusrath)
  • KÖB St. Josef (city center)
  • KÖB St. Maria Rosenkranzkönigin (Catholic public library in Wiescheid)
  • KÖB St. Martin (Catholic public library in Richrath)
  • KÖB St. Paulus (Catholic public library in Berghausen)
  • Community library "Give and Take" (Evangelical Community Center Erlöserkirche)

There are no vocational schools or (technical) universities in Langenfeld. There are numerous vocational schools in the neighboring cities of Monheim am Rhein , Hilden , Leverkusen , Düsseldorf and Solingen .

Day care centers

In total there are 24 "classic" day-care centers of various sizes in Langenfeld. 11 of them are in municipal sponsorship, 13 in private sponsorship.

traffic

Langenfeld S-Bahn station
Langenfeld-Berghausen S-Bahn station

Trackless train

The trackless railway Monheim – Langenfeld existed from May 31, 1904 to November 5, 1908 and covered a distance of 4.5 kilometers.

Rail transport

In the local public transport the city is through the railway line Cologne – Duisburg via the stops " Langenfeld (Rhld) " and " Langenfeld-Berghausen " to the S 6 Köln-Nippes - Köln Hbf - Langenfeld - Düsseldorf - Ratingen Ost - Essen as well as the S 68 Connected towards Wuppertal.

Bus transport

Various bus routes run to the neighboring cities of Düsseldorf , Hilden , Solingen , Leichlingen , Leverkusen and Monheim .

Tariff

The city is part of the Rhein-Ruhr transport association and the Rhein-Sieg transport association . Therefore, when traveling in the direction of Leverkusen and Leichlingen, the tariff of the Rhein-Sieg transport association applies from “ Langenfeld-Berghausen ”.

Road traffic

Langenfeld is accessible via the federal highways 3 , 59 and 542 as well as the federal highways 8 and 229 .

Air traffic

The closest airports are Düsseldorf (around 32 kilometers north) and Cologne / Bonn (around 35 kilometers south). The Langenfeld glider airfield is located in Langenfeld-Wiescheid .

Regular events

April

  • City festival with a large fair

May

  • International children's festival
    Always on the fourth Sunday in May, the children's festival takes place in the amusement park for international understanding and the integration of foreigners. It offers a variety of events for and by children, international cuisine and the presentation of youth work by sports clubs

June

  • CNS Summer Festival, since 1989
    Stage events, flea market, car presentations, Sunday shopping
  • Strawberry Festival, annual event, since 1979
  • Shooting festivals
  • Caribbean Night, annual downtown event, since 2007

July August

  • Langenfeld live, free open-air concert series on the market square, every Wednesday during the summer holidays, since 2010

August

  • Gourmet mile
    Langenfeld restaurateurs serve culinary delights in a stylish setting, accompanied by live music.
Tent city in the amusement park

September

  • Airfield festival in Wiescheid
    On the first weekend in September, the air sports group Erbslöh shows its gliders and sport aircraft in flight demonstrations. In addition, sightseeing flights are carried out, vintage cars are exhibited and aerobatics are shown. The event ends with a balloon glow and fireworks, with a live band playing in the background throughout the evening.
  • Fun fair in Berghausen
    The Schürreskarren-race for a blue ribbon has taken place every year on the 2nd weekend in September since 1929.
  • Potato festival in Berghausen
    Culinary things to do with potatoes and live music will be presented on the SSV Berghausen square.
  • Schoppenfest , since 1985
    Wines are offered for tasting and buying from all wine regions in Germany. There are also stage events and culinary delights are offered on the market square and in Schoppengasse.

October

  • Pumpkin Festival in Langfort (Organizer: Association "Wir in Langfort eV")
  • Autumn market in Richrath (Organizer: "Community of Richrath Business People")

November

  • At the end of November Die Blinklichter will play a new piece. Children and young people between 9 and 18 years of age will play a play written especially for them with music, professional costumes and a spectacular stage design.

December

  • Christmas market in the center
    In addition to the large Christmas market on the first weekend in December, a multi-week Christmas market offers, among other things, a children's carousel and an ice rink.

regional customs

The main pillars of the Langenfeld tradition are the shooters and the Rhenish carnival.

Sports

Langenfeld is a very sport-loving city with a wide range of sporting opportunities. In addition to gyms at almost every school, there are a total of three large gyms, a judo hall, an archery facility, a combined indoor and outdoor pool, connected a sports and exercise center, ten sports fields and a variety of rooms for individual sports, such as bowling or shooting Available.

  • Airfield, air sports group Erbslöh, Wiescheid

  • Part of the 9-hole golf course on the Katzberg

  • Landesreit- u. Driving school, Fuhrkamp

  • 4-lane water ski facility, Berghausen

American football

badminton

  • FC Langenfeld , Regionalliga, multiple German team champions, as well as 115 individual championships for players from FC Langenfeld, best-known players: Björn Joppien , seven-time German individual champion.
  • Richrather Sportverein 08 e. V., district class, popular sports club in Langenfeld-Richrath, also known under the abbreviation "RSV08"

Archery

Cheerleading

  • Cheer Label Langenfeld, multiple NRW state and German champion, runner-up European champion

E-darts

  • DC Bionics Reloaded, Leverkusen E-Dart League A
  • DC New Dark Angels, Leverkusen E-Dart League A

Soccer

  • SSV Berghausen, district league
  • SC Germania Reusrath, district league
  • TuSpo Richrath, District League A
  • HSV Langenfeld, district league
  • GSV 1897 Langenfeld, District League A
  • VfB 06 Langenfeld , District League A

Handball

  • SG Langenfeld (the men play in the 3rd Bundesliga West, the women in the regional league)

hockey

  • RSV08, men's 1st association league, youth and parents' hockey

Inline skater hockey

Martial arts

Bowling

  • SK Langenfeld e. V.1962
  • Olympia 68/82 Langenfeld

Air sports

  • LSG Erbslöh Langenfeld
  • Ballon-Sport-Team Langenfeld

Motorsport

  • MSC Langenfeld

Cycling

  • RSC (cycling club) Langenfeld e. V.

Equestrian sport

  • RV Langenfeld Gut Langfort e. V. (Schnitzler riding stable and LRFS-Gut Langfort) e. V.

Gym wheel

swim

  • Swimming club Langenfeld 1912 e. V.
  • DLRG Langenfeld

Dance sport

  • Dancing Sweethearts (tournament and show dance group)
  • TSA of SG Langenfeld (mass dance, tournament & formation dance)
  • Swinging Grasshoppers Langenfeld (Square Dance)
  • L-town squeezers Langenfeld (Square Dance Plus and A1 Level)

Diving

  • Swimming club Langenfeld 1912 e. V., diving department

tennis

  • TC Grün-Weiß Langenfeld
  • Langenfelder TC 76
  • Wiescheider TC

Table tennis

  • TTG Langenfeld 1950, NRW League
  • SSV Berghausen, district class

volleyball

Water ski and wakeboard

  • Waterski Langenfeld

Personalities

  • Radasłaŭ Astroŭski (1887–1976), Belarusian Nazi collaborator, lived in Langenfeld in 1952
  • Jörg Bergmeister (born February 13, 1976 in Leverkusen ), German racing driver who lives in Langenfeld
  • Sascha Dum (born July 3, 1986 in Leverkusen ), soccer player, played for HSV Langenfeld from 1993 to 1996
  • Rolf D. Gassen (born September 4, 1942 in Remscheid )
  • Felix Metzmacher (born March 15, 1877 in Burscheid ; † October 31, 1914 in World War I, France), Mayor of Langenfeld from 1908 to 1914
  • LAHS (Lars Murach), (* 1974 in Hilden ) cartoonist and caricaturist, awarded the "Winged Pencil" at the German Caricature Award 2019, lived in Langenfeld from 1974 to 2011
  • Klaus Röder (born April 7, 1948 in Stuttgart ), musician, briefly member of the band Kraftwerk , today music teacher at the Langenfeld music school
  • Michael Schophaus (born May 1, 1956 in Bottrop ), German journalist and book author, has lived in Langenfeld since 1999
  • Manfred Stuckmann (born March 30, 1939)
  • Heinrich Völkel (1925–1992), 40 years city councilor and long-time deputy mayor of Langenfeld. Honorary ring bearer and honorary citizen of the city.

Well-known sons and daughters of the city

useful information

  • In 2002 the city of Langenfeld took part in the Jewish Culture Days in the Rhineland .
  • Since 2013 Langenfeld has been one of the few German cities that have no debts of their own.

literature

  • Thomas Becker: New findings on St. Martin in Langenfeld-Richrath. In: Niederwupper - Historical Contributions. Issue 20, Leverkusen 2003, pp. 36–39.
  • Fritz Clees: 800 years of Feldhausen. (Contributions to the history of Langenfeld). Verlag Stadtarchiv Langenfeld, around 1988, DNB 951540025 .
  • Karl Siegmar Baron von Galéra: Langenfeld (Rhld.): From the margraviate to the city. Langenfeld 1963, DNB 740684876 .
  • Rolf Müller: City history Langenfeld. Verlag Stadtarchiv Langenfeld, 1992, ISBN 3-929365-01-4 .
  • Friedhelm Görgens: Langenfeld. Droste, Düsseldorf 1984, ISBN 3-7700-0657-7 .
  • Friedhelm Görgens: Langenfeld. Volume 2, Droste, Düsseldorf 1998, ISBN 3-7700-1031-0 .
  • Friedhelm Görgens, Heinrich Peter Schmitz: Langenfeld, nobility devotional everyday life, illustrated city history. Heider, 2011, ISBN 978-3-87314-465-1 .
  • Claus-Peter Peters, Langenfeld through the ages , Langenfeld 2013, ISBN 978-3-00-035912-5
  • Uwe Schwarz: Cologne and its surrounding area in old maps. Emons Verlag, 2005, ISBN 3-89705-343-8 .
  • Magnus Staehler: 1-2-3 debt-free. How the city of Langenfeld made racehorses out of official molds - the formula for success for restructuring urban finances . Linde Verlag, 2008, ISBN 978-3-7093-0226-2 .
  • Manfred Stuckmann: Ming Langefääl, Langenfelder Verzällchen, Verzällchentour through Langenfeld. Publishing house Stadtarchiv Langenfeld, DNB 930327241 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

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