Langenbach is a municipality

Municipalities of Germany

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 in the district of Freising

Freising (district)

Freising is a district in Bavaria, Germany. Following a recent ranking of the German magazine FOCUS MONEY comparing all German districts it is number one concerning economic growth abilities. It is bounded by the districts of Kelheim, Landshut, Erding, Munich, Dachau and Pfaffenhofen.The district...

 in Bavaria

Bavaria

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 in Germany

Germany

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The town has its own railway station on the Munich-Regensburg line, and lies on Highway 11 between Freising

Freising

Freising is a town in Bavaria, Germany, and capital of the district Freising. Total population 48,500.The city is located north of Munich at the Isar river, near the Munich International Airport...

 and Moosburg

Moosburg

Moosburg an der Isar is a town in the Landkreis Freising of Bavaria, Germany.The oldest town between Regensburg and Italy, it lies on the river Isar at an altitude of 421 m . It has 17,275 inhabitants and covers an area of 44 km². It is easily reached by the A 92 autobahn and regional trains on...

. Its boroughs are Amperhof, Asenkofen, Großenviecht, Kleinviecht, Niederhummel, Oberbach, Oberhummel, Oftlfing, Rast, Schmidhausen und Windham.

History

Langenbach was first mentioned in 818. It belonged to the Landgericht (regional jurisdiction) of Kranzberg, in the Rentamt (financial administrative district) of Munich. Until its 1803 secularization, the bishopric of Freising was the Langenbach district's most important landowner. Langenbach became an independent municipality in the course of the 1818 Bavarian administrative reforms. The community of Oberhummel was incorporated into Langenbach in 1972.

Local attractions

• Parish church of St. Nicholas of Myra
  Saint Nicholas
  Saint Nicholas , also called Nikolaos of Myra, was a historic 4th-century saint and Greek Bishop of Myra . Because of the many miracles attributed to his intercession, he is also known as Nikolaos the Wonderworker...
  
  , Langenbach (built 1736)
• Parish church of St. Nicholas of Flüe
  Nicholas of Flue
  Saint Nicholas of Flüe was a Swiss hermit and ascetic who is the patron saint of Switzerland. He is sometimes invoked as "Brother Klaus."...
  
  , Langenbach
• Church of St. Mary (mid-15th century, Gothic)
• "Town Hall," or "Red," Square
• Chapel of Kleinviecht (late Romanesque, 1200, with an unusually wide tower)
• Church of St. Andrew, Niederhummel (14th century)
• Church of St. George and St. Dionysius, Oberhummel

Transport

Thanks to its location on the Munich–Regensburg line and on Highway 11, Langenbach has become a popular commuter suburb. In 2009 the Langenbach train station is due to receive new, elevated platforms and a pedestrian underpass. It will also be served from December 2009 onwards by a new hourly regional train running from Freising to Landshut.

Since 1973 Langenbach has been served by the Hallertauer Lokalbahn, which runs from Freising to Langenbach on the Landshut line before diverting in the direction of Hallertau.

External links

• http://www.gemeinde-langenbach.de/