Langen
Also known as Langen/Hessen
town in Landkreis Offenbach in Hesse, Germany
Key facts
- Country
- Germany
- State
- Hesse
- Admin region
- Darmstadt
- District
- Offenbach
- Mayor 2020 26
- Jan Werner ( Ind. )
- Total
- 29.12 km (11.24 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 143 m (469 ft)
- Density
- 1,332/km (3,450/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Dialling codes
- 06103
- Vehicle registration
- OF
- Website
- www.langen.de
Article
Langen ( German pronunciation: [ˈlaŋən] ) is a town of roughly 39,000 in the Offenbach district in the Regierungsbezirk of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany. The town is between Darmstadt and Frankfurt am Main and part of the Frankfurt Rhein-Main urban area. Langen is headquarters to Deutsche Flugsicherung (German air traffic control), and is also home to the Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, a federal institute for the evaluation and supervision of sera and vaccines in Germany.
Geography