Langelsheim
{{short description|Place in Lower Saxony, Germany}}
{{Infobox German place
|type = Stadt
|image_photo =
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|image_coa = Wappen der Stadt Langelsheim.PNG
|coordinates = {{coord|51|56|17|N|10|20|06|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Langelsheim in GS.svg
|state = Lower Saxony
|district = Goslar
|elevation = 204
|area = 108.77
|postal_code = 38685
|area_code = 05326
|licence = GS
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 1 53 019
|divisions = 8 Ortschaften
|website = {{URL|https://www.langelsheim.de}}
|mayor = Ingo Henze{{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}}
|leader_term = 2021–26
|party = SPD
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Langelsheim ({{IPA|de|ˈlaŋl̩sˌhaɪm|-|De-Langelsheim.ogg}}) is a town in the district of Goslar in Lower Saxony, Germany.
Geography
The municipality is situated between the river Innerste and its tributary the river Grane, on the northern edge of the Harz mountain range and the Harz National Park, located about {{convert|8|km|mi|abbr=on}} northwest of Goslar.
=Subdivisions=
Langelsheim is divided into eight Ortschaften[https://www.langelsheim.de/media/custom/224_140_1.PDF Hauptsatzung der Stadt Langelsheim], § 4, November 2021. with the following population as of 30 June 2020:{{cite web |title=Einwohner der Gemeinden und Ortsteile. Stand 30.06.2020 |url=https://www.landkreis-goslar.de/media/custom/94_6915_1.PDF |website=Landkreis - Goslar}}
- Astfeld (2,097 inhabitants)
- Bredelem (438 inhabitants)
- Hahausen (765 inhabitants)
- Langelsheim (5,067 inhabitants)
- Lautenthal (1,511 inhabitants)
- Lutter am Barenberge (2,296 inhabitants)
- Wallmoden (907 inhabitants)
- Wolfshagen im Harz (2,192 inhabitants)
History
The place once called Langenizze developed in the 10th century out of a hill fort at the Kahnstein mountain, erected by the Ottonian dynasty. Langelsheim was the site of historic ironworks, first documented in the 13th century, where ore from the Mines of Rammelsberg was smelted. The former municipalities Hahausen, Lutter am Barenberge and Wallmoden are part of Langelsheim since 1 November 2021.[https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Laender-Regionen/Regionales/Gemeindeverzeichnis/Namens-Grenz-Aenderung/2021.html Gebietsänderungen vom 01. Januar bis 31. Dezember 2021], Statistisches Bundesamt
=Demographics=
As of 30 June 2020 there were 11,305 inhabitants in Langelsheim.
Image:Population Statistics Langelsheim.svg
| {| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Inhabitants |
|---|
| 1821
| style="text-align:right;" | 5,900 |
| 1848
| style="text-align:right;" | 6,873 |
| 1871
| style="text-align:right;" | 7,290 |
| 1885
| style="text-align:right;" | 8,314 |
| 1905
| style="text-align:right;" | 9,707 |
| 1925
| style="text-align:right;" | 9,643 |
| style="vertical-align:top;" |
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Inhabitants |
| 1933
| style="text-align:right;" | 9,829 |
| 1939
| style="text-align:right;" | 10,090 |
| 1946
| style="text-align:right;" | 15,427 |
| 1950
| style="text-align:right;" | 16,321 |
| 1956
| style="text-align:right;" | 15,061 |
| style="vertical-align:top;" |
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Inhabitants |
| 1961
| style="text-align:right;" | 14,243 |
| 1968
| style="text-align:right;" | 14,448 |
| 1970
| style="text-align:right;" | 14,451 |
| 1975
| style="text-align:right;" | 14,929 |
| 1980
| style="text-align:right;" | 14,542 |
| style="vertical-align:top;" |
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Inhabitants |
| 1985
| style="text-align:right;" | 13,967 |
| 1990
| style="text-align:right;" | 13,892 |
| 1995
| style="text-align:right;" | 13,962 |
| 2000
| style="text-align:right;" | 13,619 |
| 2005
| style="text-align:right;" | 13,068 |
|}
File:Langelsheim, die Sankt Andreaskirche IMG 4755 2018-07-03 10.43.jpg
Politics
=Town council=
=Mayors=
- Since November 2013: Ingo Henze (SPD)
- 2006-2013: Henning Schrader (SPD)
International relations
{{Main|List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany}}
Langelsheim is twinned with:
- {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Emmer-Compascuum, Emmen, Netherlands
- {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Nieuw-Weerdinge, Emmen, Netherlands
- {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Roswinkel, Emmen, Netherlands
Notable people
File:Henry E. Steinway - photographer Mathew Brady.jpg
- Henry E. Steinway, (1797-1871), born Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg in Wolfshagen in Harz, was a piano maker
- Jan Assmann, (born 1938), an Egyptologist
- Hans-Werner Bothe, (born 1952), philosopher and neurosurgeon
- Timo Rose, (born 1977), motion picture director and musician
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Langelsheim}}
{{Cities and towns in Goslar (district)}}
{{Authority control}}