Langenau is a town in the district of Alb-Donau

Alb-Donau (district)

Alb-Donau-Kreis is a district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Biberach, Reutlingen, Göppingen and Heidenheim, the two Bavarian districts Günzburg and Neu-Ulm, and the city of Ulm.- History :...

 in Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...

 in Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. It is situated 14 km northeast of Ulm

Ulm

Ulm is a city in the federal German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the River Danube. The city, whose population is estimated at 120,000 , forms an urban district of its own and is the administrative seat of the Alb-Donau district. Ulm, founded around 850, is rich in history and...

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Transport

Langenau is located directly on the Autobahn A7 and near the A8

Bundesautobahn 8

is an autobahn in southern Germany that runs 497 km from the Luxembourg A13 motorway at Schengen via Neunkirchen, Pirmasens, Karlsruhe, Stuttgart, Ulm, Augsburg and Munich to the Austrian West Autobahn near Salzburg....

At Langenau train station stop regional trains

RegionalExpress

The term Regional-Express denotes a type of regional train in Germany and Austria .It is best compared to a semi-fast train, as it calls at fewer stations than Regionalbahn or S-Bahn trains, but stops more often than InterCity services...

 from the Brenzbahn connecting with Ulm

Ulm

Ulm is a city in the federal German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the River Danube. The city, whose population is estimated at 120,000 , forms an urban district of its own and is the administrative seat of the Alb-Donau district. Ulm, founded around 850, is rich in history and...

 and Crailsheim

Crailsheim

Crailsheim is a town in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, 32 km east of Schwäbisch Hall, 40 km southwest of Ansbach in the Schwäbisch Hall district, incorporated in 1338....

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International relations

Langenau is twinned

Town twinning

Twin towns and sister cities are two of many terms used to describe the cooperative agreements between towns, cities, and even counties in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties.- Terminology :...

 with: Albeck in Carinthia

Albeck, Carinthia

Albeck is a town in the district of Feldkirchen in Carinthia in Austria. It is home to the Albeck Abbey.-Neighboring municipalities:-References:...

 (Austria), Brand-Erbisdorf

Brand-Erbisdorf

Brand-Erbisdorf is a town in the district of Mittelsachsen, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated 5 km south of Freiberg....

 in Sachsen (Germany), Bridgend

Bridgend

Bridgend is a town in the Bridgend County Borough in Wales, west of the capital, Cardiff. The river crossed by the original bridge, which gave the town its name, is the River Ogmore but the River Ewenny also passes to the south of the town...

 in Wales (Great Britain) and Somberek

Somberek

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 (Hungary).

Notable people

• The acting Bavarian war minister Albrecht Besserer von Thalfingen
  Albrecht Besserer von Thalfingen
  Albrecht Theodorich Freiherr Besserer von Thalfingen was a Bavarian General, Hofmarschall of Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria, and Acting War Minister under Ludwig I of Bavaria from November 1, 1838 to January 28, 1839....
  
   (1787–1839) was born in Langenau.
• Robert Bosch
  Robert Bosch
  Robert Bosch was a German industrialist, engineer and inventor, founder of Robert Bosch GmbH.-Biography:...
  
   (1861-1942), founder of the Robert Bosch GmbH
  Robert Bosch GmbH
  Robert Bosch GmbH is a multinational engineering and electronics company headquartered in Gerlingen, near Stuttgart, Germany. It is the world's largest supplier of automotive components...
  
  
• Gottlob Honold
  Gottlob Honold
  thumb|220px|Gottlob Honold 1910Gottlob Honold was the leading engineer in the workshop of Robert Bosch and, with Bosch, was the inventor of the spark plug and the modern internal combustion engine, as well as headlights...
  
   (1876–1923), engineer and inventor
• Hansjörg Schlager (1948–2004), sportsman (ski)

See also

• There were plans for a federal highway Bundesautobahn 86
  Bundesautobahn 86
  was a planned autobahn in Germany. It was supposed to connect Breisach via Freiburg im Breisgau - Titisee - Donaueschingen - Tuttlingen - Riedlingen - Ulm to Langenau. Part of it has been built as the A 864.The construction of the Autobahn stopped....
  
   with an exit for Langenau until the 1970s.
• The German Armed Forces Military History Research Office
  German Armed Forces Military History Research Office
  The German Armed Forces Military History Research Office is located at Potsdam, the capital of Brandenburg, Germany.-Mission:...
  
   was situated there from 1957 to 1958.
• There is a village in Poland Langowo (German: Langenau), that belongs to Baborów
  Baborów
  Baborów is a small town in Poland near Głubczyce, Opole Voivodeship.The first mention of the town comes from 1296 in which a wójt Jarosław is mentioned. The town was most likely founded by a Bohemian magnate, Bavor . Later it was part of an independent principality, the Austro Hungarian Empire,...