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7 unusual facts about Langen


Cherry Wilder

Lockett attended Nelson Girls High School in Nelson and the University of Canterbury in Christchurch before first moving to Australia and then, in 1976 to Langen, Hessen, Germany.

Doyle Overton Hickey

After World War II the division carried out occupation duty near Langen, and was inactivated in November, 1945.

Eberhard von Brockhusen

Eberhard von Brockhusen, (1869-1939), was a patron of the List society who lived at Langen in Brandenburg, Germany.

Fade Kainer

Fade Kainer was born in Langen, Germany, lives in Brooklyn, New York and is a musician and composer, music producer, audio engineer, sound designer, visual artist and painter.

Franz Pfanner

Franz Pfanner (born at Langen, Vorarlberg, Austria, 1825; died at Emaus, South Africa, 24 May 1909) was an Austrian Trappist monk, founder of Mariannhill Abbey in South Africa.

Johannes Herber

After being developed by the Langen club in Germany, he received several professional offers in Europe, but turned them down in favor of a U.S. college career.

Main-Neckar Railway

It has since been rebuilt as four tracks between Frankfurt and Langen and between Egelsbach and Erzhausen, expanded to three tracks between Langen and Egelsbach and between Erzhausen and Darmstadt.


Albert Langen

Inspired by Gretor, Langen considered opening an art gallery, but an encounter with the author Knut Hamsun, whom he also met through Gretor, led him in a different direction.

Albrecht von Hagen

Hagen was born in Langen, Pomerania (today Łęgi), on the manor of the original East Brandenburg-Pomeranian noble family in which he was rooted.

Bremen Switzerland

The region of the Bremer Schweiz is framed by the Weser tributary of Lesum to the south, the Weser to the west, the marsh region of Osterstade to the northwest, the forest of Düngel to the north (Garlstedt-Meyenburg line), the former B 6 federal road to Bremerhaven (now the L135) to the east and the adjoining heath of Langen Heide.

Langen bei Bregenz

Langen bei Bregenz is a municipality in the district of Bregenz, Vorarlberg, Austria.

Mattijs Visser

For the ZERO foundation he curated exhibitions with Norbert Kricke, Jean Tinguely at the Tony Cragg Foundation Wupertal, and Jef Verheyen and ZERO friends at the Langen Foundation Neuss.

Rudolph von Langen

Rudolph von Langen (1438 or 1439 – December 1519) was a German Catholic divine, who helped introduced Humanistic ideas to the town of Munster, Westphalia.


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