Langenstein (Halberstadt)
Langenstein
City of Halberstadt
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Coordinates: 51 ° 51 ′ 11 " N , 10 ° 59 ′ 18" E | ||
Height : | 148 m | |
Area : | 21.28 km² | |
Residents : | 1886 (Dec. 31, 2008) | |
Population density : | 89 inhabitants / km² | |
Incorporation : | January 1, 2010 | |
Postal code : | 38895 | |
Area code : | 03941 | |
Location of Langenstein in Saxony-Anhalt |
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View of Langenstein from the Altenburg
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Langenstein is a village and district of the city of Halberstadt in the Harz district , south of Halberstadt and north of Blankenburg (Harz) , in the immediate vicinity of the federal highway 81 . The striking Hoppelberg is located southeast of the village .
The name of the village gained notoriety through the Langenstein-Zwieberge concentration camp , a subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp in the years 1944–45. Langenstein is also known for the Langenstein cave dwellings , in which people lived until the 20th century.
geography
Langenstein is five kilometers southwest of the district town of Halberstadt. The Langenstein station, Galgenhöhe, Osterholz, Untermühle and Wilhelmshöhe residential areas belong to the district of Langenstein.
history
Bishop Ulrich von Halberstadt built a refuge for himself on the "long Steene" (Langenstein). The "Altenburg" existed from around 1150 to 1645. This was destroyed by the Swedes and then removed by the population. The rooms of the castle were partly caves, which were then the first of the Langenstein cave dwellings to be occupied by the population.
Maria Antonia von Branconi b. von Elsener (1746–1793), the mistress of Duke Karl von Braunschweig and acquaintance of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , acquired the Langenstein estate in 1776. After her break with the duke, she had the baroque palace built between 1777 and 1783. In 1855, Oberamtmann August Wilhelm Rimpau bought the town and Langenstein Castle. He made some structural changes to the castle and had the castle park redesigned on an area of around 20 hectares in the style of an English landscape park by the landscape gardener Eduard Petzold . The painting collection was temporarily supervised by Wilhelm Bode . The Rimpau family was expropriated in 1945 as part of the land reform in the Soviet occupation zone.
From 1946 Langenstein Castle was used as a healing facility. Since 1998 it has been a residential and therapy center for people with autism and Prader-Willi syndrome . The Langenstein Castle and the Castle Park are now part of the Garden Dreams Saxony-Anhalt network .
On September 30, 1928, the Langenstein manor district was merged with the Langenstein rural community. The district of Mahndorf, which was incorporated on December 1, 1973, belonged to the municipality of Langenstein until it gave up its independence. On January 1, 2010, the previously independent community of Langenstein was incorporated into the city of Halberstadt together with the communities of Athenstedt , Aspenstedt , Sargstedt and Schachdorf Ströbeck . At the same time, the village of Langenstein was built, to which the districts of Böhnshausen and Mahndorf belong.
politics
coat of arms
The coat of arms was approved on February 15, 1932 by the Prussian State Ministry.
Blazon : “Shield divided by red and silver diagonally right, a bishop in a golden robe, with a green cloak held by a golden clasp; on the head a green miter decorated with gold and two small crosses; holding a golden bishop's staff in the left hand, the right hand raised in blessing. "
Town twinning
On July 5, 1991, a partnership agreement was signed with the municipality of Cappeln (Oldenburg) in the district of Cloppenburg (Lower Saxony).
Attractions
Buildings
There are 15 architectural monuments registered in the local monument register in the village .
memorial
- Graves in the local cemetery for eight women and men of various nationalities, only partially known by name, who were brought to Germany as prisoners of war during the Second World War or as civilians and were victims of forced labor .
Religions
The St. Franziskus Chapel is named after Francis of Assisi and is located on Bahnhofstrasse, it was originally Catholic and belonged to the parish of St. Burchard in Halberstadt . Due to the lower number of Catholics in the catchment area of the chapel, it was sold to the Protestant parish of Halberstadt in 2019.
The Evangelical Church of St. Nikolai, built in 1888, was blown up in 1977 on the instructions of the GDR authorities. Since then, Protestant services have been held in the Protestant rectory or in the St. Francis Chapel.
In 2003 a bell tower was built in front of the Catholic chapel as an ecumenical project.
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the church
- Jakob Martini (1570–1649), Lutheran theologian and philosopher
- Wilhelm Erasmus Arends (1677–1721), Protestant pastor
- Hermann Schaff (1883–1959), co-founder of the Society for Christian-Jewish Cooperation Kassel
People connected to the place
- Maria Antonia von Branconi (1746–1793), mistress of Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand (Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel) and landowner
- Carl Johann Conrad Michael Matthaei (1744–1830), court master and estate manager of Maria Antonia von Branconi
- Wilhelm Rimpau (1814–1892), entrepreneur and farmer
- Wilhelm Rimpau (1842–1903), farmer and plant breeder
- Harald Döring (1941–1997), painter
- Jürgen Rimpau (* 1944), farmer and university professor
- Maik Franz (* 1981), Bundesliga soccer player, began his career at SV Langenstein
traffic
The station Langenstein is located on the railway line Halberstadt-Blankenburg . The Langenstein – Minsleben railway previously branched off here . Langenstein can be reached by bus connections from the Harz Transport Authority and Halberstädter Verkehrs-GmbH .
literature
- Doris and Siegfried Schwalbe: From the bishopric to the gold village. 850 years of Langenstein 1156-2006 , Halberstadt 2006.
Web links
- Website Halberstadt-Langenstein
- Flyer cave dwellings (PDF; 641 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ District directory of the state of Saxony-Anhalt (directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality), territorial status January 2014, State Statistical Office Saxony-Anhalt, Halle (Saale), 2016
- ^ History of Langenstein . Website of the city of Halberstadt, accessed on April 27, 2018.
- ↑ Administrative region of Magdeburg (Ed.): Official Gazette of the Government of Magdeburg . 1928, ZDB -ID 3766-7 , p. 201 .
- ↑ StBA: Area changes from January 1 to December 31, 2010
- ^ City of Halberstadt (Ed.): Official Gazette City of Halberstadt . 10th year, no. 8 . Halberstadt December 28, 2009, p. 2 ff . ( halberstadt.de [PDF; 900 kB ; accessed on September 11, 2017]).
- ↑ http://87.106.7.141:8080/ratsinfo/halberstadt/Regulation.html
- ^ Partner community Langenstein. Cappeln municipality, accessed on January 4, 2010 .
- ↑ Evangelical Church Community Halberstadt: Langenstein , accessed on February 25, 2020.
- ↑ Short biography of Harald Döring ( Memento from April 28, 2018 in the Internet Archive )