Market town Langwedel

The over 780-year history of Langwedel is shaped by its location at the old military and trade road which runs from Bremen to the south. It was the only connecting path between the archbishopric Bremen and the bishopric Verden. Along this road the Bremer archbishop Gerhard the second built a castle to secure the border at the Heerstraße. This strategic important castle suffered a changeable fate and was fiercely fought over, especially in the Thirty Year War. Further information about the castle Langwedel is available in our section 'Tourism and Culture'.

By the way the description market town stems from the Middle Ages. It means that Langwedel owns market rights and was allowed to bestow citizens' rights. The bestowal of citizens' rights was usually reserved for towns in the Middle Ages.

Local government reform

The market town Langwedel in its present layout was formed by in the course of the local government reform 1972 and consists of the following communities

Daverden

Etelsen

Haberloh

Holtebüttel

Langwedel

Völkersen

The community area has a size of ca. 7610 ha with a population of around 14.700 citizens.

Infrastructure, living and business

The connection of Langwedel to supra-regional traffic connections is extremely favourable.
Via the exit at the motorway service station Langwedel one can reach the motorway 27 Bremen – Walsrode – Hanover. The district town Verden, the town Achim and the Hanseatic city Bremen can also be fast and easily reached with public transport. Along the railway line Bremen–Hanover there are two train stations one in Langwedel and one Etelsen. In addition one railway line runs from Langwedel into the area Visselhövede / Soltau / Uelzen.
Airports are available in Bremen, Hanover and Hamburg.
Due to the favourable traffic location Langwedel has developed extremely positive not only as a residential community but also for business settlements.
For business, trade, crafts and industry our community is an attractive and innovation promoting location. To promote this local business location an industrial site of ca. 80ha was designated in close proximity to the motorway.
Langwedel will also in future find a healthy coexistence between living green space and attractive industrial site location.

Culture, sport and leisure time

The culture and sports offer is refreshingly diverse and colourful. The identification with community and the local community life are extremely exemplary. An indicator for that are the over 90 active clubs and organisations in our community.
Leisure time is being enjoyed in the market town Langwedel tremendously and is appreciated by guests and recreation seekers alike.
The great landscape is so diverse like nowhere else. Expansive wooded areas in Haberloh and Völkersen as well as the charming Daverdener Wood at the plain tract. Woods at the plain tract along the Old Aller river ideal for extensive walks.
Probably North Germany's prettiest river, the Weser, runs directly through Langwedel. Not only cycling tourists use the well developed Weser cycle paths but also local cyclists and Inline skater.