Langensendelbach

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Langensendelbach
Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Upper Franconia
District	Forchheim
Local subdivisions	2 Ortsteile
Mayor	Wolfgang Fees (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area	9.59 km² (3.7 sq mi)
Elevation	296 m (971 ft)
Population	2,850 (31/12/2006)
- Density	297 /km² (770 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	FO
Postal code	91094
Area code	09133
Website	www.langensendelbach.de Coordinates: 49°39′00″N 11°04′00″E / 49.65, 11.066667

Langensendelbach is a municipality in the district of Forchheim in Bavaria in Germany. There live about 3500 inhabitats the village Bräuningshof is a part of Langensendelbach. The company P&S GmbH started in Langensendelbach. Then it went to Bubenreuth which is about 6 km west from 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 dieed. 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.

v • d • e 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