Langenburg is a town (population of 1, 048) in the rural municipality of Langenburg, RM No. 181, located within the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities SARM Division No. 1

SARM Division No. 1

SARM Division No. 1 is a division of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities within the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located in the south east area of the province. There are 53 rural municipalities in this division. The current Director for Division 1 is Don Taylor.-List...

 and Census Division No. 5

Division No. 5, Saskatchewan

Division No. 5, Saskatchewan, Canada, is one of the eighteen census divisions within the province, as defined by Statistics Canada. It is located in the east-southeastern part of the province, bordering Manitoba. The most populous community in this division is Melville.According to the 2006 census,...

, in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

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Langenburg lies on the Yellowhead Highway

Yellowhead Highway

The Yellowhead Highway is a major east-west highway connecting the four western Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. Although part of the Trans-Canada Highway system, the highway should not be confused with the more southerly, originally-designated...

 (Highway 16) in the southeastern part of the province, 15 km west of the Manitoba

Manitoba

Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...

 border, at the junction with Highway 8

Saskatchewan Highway 8

Highway 8 is a highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It runs from North Dakota Highway 28 at the US border near Elmore until it transitions into Highway 982 just outside the Porcupine Provincial Forest...

. The nearest city is Yorkton located 70 km northwest along Highway 16.
The current population stands at about 1,100.

History

What would later become the Langenburg district was surveyed by the federal government in 1880 and British settlers were already established to the northeast of present day Marchwell in the Wolverine district in the early part of the decade.
Settlers of predominantly German origin began to arrive in the Langenburg area in the mid 1880s, attracted by the lure of free homesteads granted by the federal government and a promise of freedom and prosperity. The original community was called "Colony Hohenlohe" after Prince Hohenlohe von Langenburg

Langenburg

Langenburg is a town in the district of Schwäbisch Hall, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on a hill above the river Jagst, 18 km northeast of Schwäbisch Hall...

, a German nobleman who had visited western Canada in 1883 and subsequently recommended it to German emigrants as more suitable destination than the United States. In the winter of 1886–87 the Manitoba & North-Western Railway reached the area and a station named "Langenburg" was established. By 1888 the small colony could boast of a store with a post office. A year earlier, in September 1887, the Langenburg School District No. 105 had been established but it was not until August 1889 that funds to build a school were secured. When the school house opened in May 1890 there were about 40 resident ratepayers in the community and nine students on the rolls, rising a short time later to 13.

There was little growth over the following decade. In 1899 an application to become incorporated as a village was unsuccessful—the number of permanent dwellings required for incorporation was 15 and there were only five. In 1902, however, a new wave of immigration began with Scandinavian settlers arriving from the United States, and by April 1903 Langenburg had gained its village status.

Law and government

• The citizens of Langenburg are represented by a town council which includes the mayor, an alderman, and five councillors. The current council members are Mayor Dave Schappert, Alderman Warren Kotzer, and Councillors Brad Sicinski, Brian Cornelius, Don Wyand, Don Fogg and Rodney Lundgren. Howard McCullough is the Town Administrator. Council meetings are held on the first and third Tuesdays of the month.
• Langenburg is located in the provincial constituency of Melville-Saltcoats
  Melville-Saltcoats
  Melville-Saltcoats is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. Located in southeastern Saskatchewan, this constituency was created through the Representation Act, 1994 by combining the district of Saltcoats with part of the constituency of Melville.The...
  
  , and when elections are held, voting takes place at polling stations 35 to 39 located at the Langenburg Community Centre, 101 Carl Avenue West. The most recent election of MLAs took place on Wednesday, November 7, 2007 and Bob Bjornerud
  Bob Bjornerud
  Bob Bjornerud is a Canadian provincial politician. He is the Saskatchewan Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the constituency of Melville-Saltcoats.-External links:**...
  
   of the Saskatchewan Party
  Saskatchewan Party
  The Saskatchewan Party is a conservative liberal political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The party was established in 1997 by a coalition of former provincial Progressive Conservative and Liberal party members and supporters who sought to remove the Saskatchewan New Democratic...
  
   was re-elected.
• The current M.P.
  Member of Parliament
  A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
  
   representing Langenburg as part of the federal electoral district of Yorkton-Melville is Garry Breitkreuz
  Garry Breitkreuz
  Garry W. Breitkreuz is a Canadian politician. He is currently the Conservative Party of Canada member of the Canadian House of Commons from Yorkton—Melville....
  
  , a former teacher and principal. He was first elected in 1993. He is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada
  Conservative Party of Canada
  The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...
  
  .

Economy

• Agriculture and other resource-based industries, principally the Mosaic Company
  The Mosaic Company
  The Mosaic Company is a Fortune 500 company based in Plymouth, Minnesota. Mosaic offers two key crop nutrients—phosphate and potash—plus specialty products K-Mag®, MicroEssentials® and Pegasus™...
  
  's K1 and K2 potash mines located near the town of Esterhazy
  Esterhazy, Saskatchewan
  Esterhazy is a town in the southeastern portion of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, located 83 km southeast of Yorkton along Highways 22 and 80. The town is located within the rural municipality of Fertile Belt No...
  
  , provide employment for 25% of the active labour force in the community. A further 19% are employed in the wholesale and retail sector, 18% in educational, health care and social services, 7% in finance and real estate and business services generally, while 5% work in construction and manufacturing. Other services account for the remaining 24%.

• There are a wide variety of services currently available in the Langenburg area. Permanent services include the post office, ambulance and health care (medical and dental clinics, the Care Home), R.C.M.P., fire, Senior rental units and schools. Other services include a number of retail outlets and services (accountants, auto dealers, beauty salons and barber shops, clothing shops, hotel and restaurants, grocery and hardware supplies, pharmacy, realtors, plumbing, radio & TV sales and service, electrical goods and services, florists, sporting goods, small engine repairs, a travel agent, lawyers, machinery dealers, painting and decorating services, tire sales and services, video rentals, bulk oil and fuel sales, grain elevators and grain marketing, financial institutions, funerary services and so on. There is a movie theatre, a library, an arts centre, a liquor board outlet and a veterinary clinic. Service clubs include the Lions & Lioness, the Arts Council, the Elks & Royal Purple, the Legion and Fish & Game. There are five churches with active congregations: St Paul's Lutheran, Christ Lutheran, St. Joseph's Catholic, Langenburg Pentecostal, and the United Church of Canada.

Demographics

N/A = Data Not Available

See also Culture of Saskatchewan

Culture of Saskatchewan

Culture of Saskatchewan views the patterns of human activity in the central prairie province of Canada examing the way people live in the geography, climate, and social context of Saskatchewan. Cultural activities involve technology, science, as well as moral systems and the characteristic...

Sites of interest

Carlton Trail Regional Park

Carlton Trail Regional Park

Carlton Trail Regional Park is located in south eastern Saskatchewan 18 km south of Langenburg and 7 km north of Spy Hill on Highway # 8.The park is a family recreation and activity center and features a nine-hole golf course, a stocked fishing lake, a public beach, camping facilities...

 and Golf Course is located 18 km south of Langenburg on No. 8 Highway.

Education

Langenburg has two education centres for students: Hoffman Elementary School and Langenburg High School.

Sports teams

The Langenburg Warriors play in the Triangle Hockey League and finished second during the 2009-2010 regular season. During the playoffs, the Warriors lost to the third place Bredenbury Cougars

Bredenbury, Saskatchewan

Bredenbury is a town, in the rural municipality of Saltcoats, No. 213, in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Bredenbury is located on Highway 16 in eastern Saskatchewan. The population of Bredenbury is 329. The main industries in the area are farming as well as potash mining near Esterhazy...

 in the semi-finals. In 2011 the Langenburg Warriors finished third but went on to defeat the Cougars in a sweep, avenging the previous season's disappointing finish.

Langenburg also has a very good minor ball program that fields teams from T-ball to Midget age divisions. Langenburg High School is home to the Langenburg Eagles competing against teams in and around the province in sports such as: Volleyball, Basketball, Track and Field, Badminton, Curling, and Golf.

Notable natives

Langenburg is the home town of Kelly Buchberger

Kelly Buchberger

Kelly Michael Buchberger is a retired professional Canadian hockey player and current assistant coach of the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League.-Playing career:...

, formerly of the National Hockey League

National Hockey League

The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...

 and currently an assistant coach with the Edmonton Oilers

Edmonton Oilers

The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division in the Western Conference of the National Hockey League ....

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Geography

• Lat (DMS) 50° 50' 00" N
• Long (DMS) 101° 42' 00" W
• Dominion Land Survey
  Dominion Land Survey
  The Dominion Land Survey is the method used to divide most of Western Canada into one-square-mile sections for agricultural and other purposes. It is based on the layout of the Public Land Survey System used in the United States, but has several differences...
  
  Sections 27 and 34, Township 21, Range 31 west of the 1st Meridian
• Time zone (CST) UTC−6

This information for the above chart can be found on the listing given at Canadian Geographical names or the Canadian Archives Post Office and Post Master website see external links below for helpful URLs

Climate

Location

Published works

• Adams, Irene and Johnson, Gilbert. Walk Back Through Time. 1980. Saskatoon: Modern Press, 1980.
• Adams, Irene, ed. One Hundred Years in the Fellowship of the Holy Spirit. 1989. Langenburg: St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1989.
• Schaab, Mary, ed. Our Heritage. 1997. Langenburg: The Langenburg and District Book Committee, 1997.