Langensendelbach

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Langensendelbach

Location of Langensendelbach within Forchheim district

Coordinates: 49°39′N 11°04′E / 49.650°N 11.067°ECoordinates: 49°39′N 11°04′E / 49.650°N 11.067°E

Country

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)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

91094

09133

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.

Towns and municipalities in Forchheim

Dormitz Ebermannstadt Effeltrich Eggolsheim Egloffstein Forchheim Gößweinstein Gräfenberg Hallerndorf Hausen Heroldsbach Hetzles Hiltpoltstein Igensdorf Kirchehrenbach Kleinsendelbach Kunreuth Langensendelbach Leutenbach Neunkirchen am Brand Obertrubach Pinzberg Poxdorf Pretzfeld Unterleinleiter Weilersbach Weißenohe Wiesenthau Wiesenttal

References

↑ "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). 31 December 2013.

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