Editing Langenhagen

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{{Infobox German location
|type               = Stadt
|name              = Langenhagen
|image_coa            = DEU Langenhagen COA.svg
|image_photo  = Langenhagen 2.jpg
|image_caption = Town hall in 1989
|coordinates       = {{coord|52|26|22|N|9|44|24|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Langenhagen in H.svg
|state        = Niedersachsen
|district         = Hanover 
|elevation              = 51
|area            = 71.97
|postal_code               = 30851, 30853<br />30855, 30839
|area_code           = 0511
|licence               = H
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 2 41 010
|divisions         = 6 districts
|website           = http://www.langenhagen.de
|mayor             = Mirko Heuer<ref name=mayor>{{cite web|url=https://wahlen.statistik.niedersachsen.de/KW2021/reports/DW/20210912_DW_Uebersicht.pdf|title=Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021|date=13 October 2021|publisher=[[Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen]]}}</ref>
|leader_term       = 2021&ndash;26
|party             = CDU
}}
'''Langenhagen''' ({{IPA|de|laŋənˈhaːɡn̩|-|De-Langenhagen.ogg}}; [[Eastphalian dialect|Eastphalian]]: ''Langenhogen'') is a town in the [[Hanover (district)|Hanover]] district of [[Lower Saxony]] (Niedersachsen), Germany. 

== Overview ==
[https://places-in-the-world.com/germany/langenhagen/2881062 Langenhagen] is a small town of about fifty thousand people in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town is about 72 square kilometers and gets an average of [https://www.langenhagen.de/portal/seiten/zahlen-daten-fakten-900000032-30890.html 660 mm of rainfall a year]. Located about 5.3 miles from Hanover (8.6km) and 154 miles or 248km from the capital of Germany, Berlin. With its 18 hotels, and a number of restaurants and attractions, this town is considered beautiful and a great place to visit by those who go.

==History==
From 1866 to 1868, [[Robert Koch]] worked in Langenhagen.

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

On 17 August 1982, the world's first mass production of [[compact disc]]s began in Langenhagen.

The Langenhagen standard ({{langx|de|Langenhagener Norm}}), declared 1990 and sponsored by [[Brenneke]] is an industry standard for the minimal precision of [[shotgun]]s and [[combination gun]]s fit for [[hunting]] with [[shotgun slugs]].<ref>[http://www.brenneke-munition.de/cms/geschichte.html?&L=0 Brenneke-munition.de] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101102194929/http://www.brenneke-munition.de/cms/geschichte.html?&L=0 |date=2010-11-02 }} {{in lang|de}}</ref>

==Subdivisions==
Langenhagen consists of Langenhagen proper (including the Old Town, Brink, Langenforth and Wiesenau), [[Engelbostel]] (including Kananohe), Godshorn, Kaltenweide (including Altenhorst, Hainhaus, Maspe, Siedlung Twenge, Twenge and Kiebitzkrug), Krähenwinkel, and Schulenburg.

==Economy==
[[TUIfly]] is headquartered at [[Hannover-Langenhagen Airport|Hanover Airport]].<ref>"[http://www.tuifly.com/en/unternehmen/index.html About TUIfly]." [[TUIfly]]. Retrieved on 12 May 2009.</ref><ref>"[http://www.tuifly.com/en/service/servicecenter.html Contact]." [[TUIfly]]. Retrieved on 12 May 2009.</ref> Before TUIfly appeared, [[Hapag-Lloyd Flug]] (a.k.a. Hapagfly) was headquartered in Langenhagen.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20051014032923/http://www.hapagfly.com/westsite/content/unternehmen/eng_001029.html Facts and Figures]." [[Hapagfly]]. 1 June 2005. Retrieved on 29 May 2009.</ref>
* [[Bahlsen]]{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}}
* [[Brenneke]]<ref>[http://www.brenneke-munition.de/cms/impressum.html?&L=1 Brenneke-munition.de] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718205034/http://www.brenneke-munition.de/cms/impressum.html?&L=1 |date=2011-07-18 }}</ref>
* [[Hermes Europe|Hermes, Europe]] built a new hub in Hanover in [https://www.hermesworld.com/int/about-us/history/current-decade/ 2011], costing around 35 EUR million and 150 new full-time jobs.
* [[Konica Minolta]]{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}}
* [[MTU Aero Engines]]{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}}
* [[Reemtsma]]{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}}
* [[WAGNER Group GmbH]]<ref>[https://www.wagnergroup.com/en/contact.html About WAGNER Group GmbH].</ref>

==Politics==
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In 2001 the town council was elected for five years. The [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|Christian Democrats]] and the [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|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 town council was elected for five years. The [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|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 Democratic Union (Germany)|Christian Democrats]] lost with only 16 seats. Dr. Susanne Schott-Lemmer (CDU) was not elected and is the loser of the elections. Additionally, around 2014 the mayor Langenhagen was Friedhelm Fischer from the Social Democrats with more than 52 percent. The current mayor is Mirko Heuer, elected after winning the election against Fischer with a collective [https://www.myheimat.de/langenhagen/c-politik/mirko-heuer-und-die-bombenstimmung-oder-geht-wenn_a2710894 58.8 percent]. 

==Twin towns – sister cities==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany}}
Langenhagen is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web |title=Städtepartnerschaften & Freundschaften|url=https://www.langenhagen.de/portal/seiten/staedtepartnerschaften-freundschaften-900000225-30890.html|website=langenhagen.de|publisher=Langenhagen|language=de|access-date=2021-02-18}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|UK}} [[London Borough of Southwark|Southwark, London]], United Kingdom
*{{flagicon|SVN}} [[Novo Mesto]], Slovenia
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Głogów]], Poland
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Le Trait]], France
*{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Stadl-Paura]], Austria

==Notable people==
*Augustus Frederick Christopher Kollmann (1756–1829), organist and composer
*Willy Max Rademacher (1897–1971), politician associated with the [[Freie Demokratische Partei|FDP]]
*[[André Breitenreiter]] (born 1973), footballer

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Langenhagen Konzentrationslager Memorial.jpg|Langenhagen [[concentration camp]] memorial
</gallery>

==See also==
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*[[Metropolitan region Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg]]

==References==
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