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Country
  
Germany

District
  
Hanover

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Population
  
51,691 (31 Dec 2008)

Dialling code
  
0511

State
  
Lower Saxony

Elevation
  
51 m (167 ft)

Area
  
71.99 km²

Local time
  
Sunday 1:19 PM

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Postal codes
  
30851, 30853 30855, 30839

Weather
  
9°C, Wind SE at 23 km/h, 58% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Ikep, Wietze Park, Altes rehbdachhaus

Langenhagen is a town in the Hanover district of Lower Saxony, Germany.

Contents

Map of Langenhagen, Germany

History

From 1866 to 1868 Robert Koch worked in Langenhagen.

On June 18, 1972, Red Army Faction terrorist Ulrike Meinhof was arrested in Langenhagen.

On August 17, 1982, the world's first mass production of Compact Discs began in Langenhagen.

The Langenhagen standard (German: Langenhagener Norm), declared 1990 and sponsored by Brenneke is an industry standard for the minimal precision of shotguns and combination guns fit for hunting with shotgun slugs.

Economy

TUIfly is headquartered at Hanover Airport. Before TUIfly appeared, Hapag-Lloyd Flug (a.k.a. Hapagfly) was headquartered in Langenhagen.

  • Bahlsen
  • Brenneke
  • Hermes Europe is currently building a new hub for northern Germany. It will be operational in January 2011.
  • Konica Minolta
  • MTU Aero Engines
  • Reemtsma
  • Wagner Group

    • Politics

    In 2001 the city council was elected for five years. The Christian Democrats and the Social Democrats won the election (both parties send 19 councilors to the council). The two "small" parties FDP (Free Democratic Party) and Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (Greens) received two seats each. Dr. Susanne Schott-Lemmer (CDU) is the mayor of Langenhagen. She won against the candidate of the Social Democrats with more than 60 percent.

    On 10 September 2006 the city council was elected for five years. The Social Democrats won the election (send 19 councilors to the council). The FDP (Free Democratic Party) got two seats and Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (Greens) received four seats each. The Christian Democrats lost with only 16 seats. Dr. Susanne Schott-Lemmer (CDU) was not elected and is the loser of the elections. The new mayor of Langenhagen is Friedhelm Fischer from the Social Democrats with more than 52 percent.

    Notable people

  • Augustus Frederick Christopher Kollmann (1756–1829), organist and composer
  • Willy Max Rademacher (1897–1971), politician associated with the FDP
  • Jens Gieseke (b. 1964), historian
  • André Breitenreiter (b. 1973), footballer

    • International relations

    Langenhagen is twinned with:

  • - Joinville - (Brazil)

    • References

    Langenhagen Wikipedia
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