Langensendelbach | |
Langensendelbach
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Location of Langensendelbach within Forchheim district
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Coordinates | |
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 (3.70 sq mi) |
Elevation | 296 m (971 ft) |
Population | 2,955 (31 December 2010)[1] |
- Density | 308 /km2 (798 /sq mi) |
Other information | |
Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
Licence plate | FO |
Postal code | 91094 |
Area code | 09133 |
Website | www.langensendelbach.de |
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..
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.
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