Langenau is a town in the district of Alb-Donau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is situated 14 km northeast of Ulm.

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Langenau
Town
Train station
Coat of arms
Location of Langenau within Alb-Donau-Kreis district
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Coordinates: 48°29′48″N 10°7′12″E
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Tübingen
District	Alb-Donau-Kreis
Government
• Mayor (2016–24)	Daniel Salemi[1]
Area
• Total	75.00 km2 (28.96 sq mi)
Elevation	458 m (1,503 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	15,633
• Density	210/km2 (540/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	89129
Dialling codes	07345
Vehicle registration	UL
Website	www.langenau.de

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Langenau is located directly on the Autobahn A7 and near the A8

Public transport is provided by the Donau-Iller-Nahverkehrsverbund (DING). Langenau is connected to the national rail network via the Brenz Railway (Brenzbahn) from Ulm to Aalen.

• -April 2016: Wolfgang Mangold
• May 2016-: Daniel Salemi,^[3][4] elected in February 2016.

Langenau is twinned with:

• Albeck in Carinthia (Austria),
• Brand-Erbisdorf in Sachsen (Germany),
• Bridgend in Wales (Great Britain) and
• Somberek (Hungary).

• The acting Bavarian war minister Albrecht Besserer von Thalfingen (1787–1839) was born in Langenau.
• Robert Bosch (1861-1942), founder of the Robert Bosch GmbH
• Gottlob Honold (1876–1923), engineer and inventor
• Hansjörg Schlager (1948–2004), sportsman (ski)
• Thure Riefenstein (born 1965), actor and director

• There were plans for a federal highway Bundesautobahn 86 with an exit for Langenau until the 1970s.
• The German Armed Forces Military History Research Office was situated there from 1957 to 1958.
• There is a village in Poland Langowo (German: Langenau), which is part of Baborów