Langensendelbach

Langensendelbach

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Langensendelbach

Coordinates: 49°39′N 11°04′E / 49.650°N 11.067°E / 49.650; 11.067Coordinates: 49°39′N 11°04′E / 49.650°N 11.067°E / 49.650; 11.067
Country Germany
State Bavaria
Admin. region Oberfranken
District Forchheim
Government
  Mayor Wolfgang Fees (SPD)
Area
  Total 9.59 km2 (3.70 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)[1]
  Total 2,980
  Density 310/km2 (800/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 91094
Dialling codes 09133
Vehicle registration FO
Website www.langensendelbach.de

Langensendelbach is a municipality in the district of Forchheim in Bavaria in Germany. There live about 3500 inhabitants the village Bräuningshof is a part of Langensendelbach..

History: Langensendelbach was first named on the July 13th in the year 1062. After this Langensendelbach was a part of the bistum Bamberg. In the year 1400 St. Peter and Paul chapel was built, in the 14/15th century a small gothic church was built. In the year 1896 the priest named Wölfel found an old German bodygrave from the fifth century. In the World War I 22 men from Langensendelbach died. In World War II 88 men had to fight, nineteen of them died in the war or in prison. A few days before the War ended, SS troops were in the village, the US Army attacked them and three children and one man died.

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