Langenhahn is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Langenhahn lies in the Upper Westerwald and belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Westerburg, a kind of collective municipality. Through the community flows the Elbbach, which rises in the neighbouring community of Ailertchen and empties into the Lahn near Limburg an der Lahn. The municipal area lies at an elevation of 400 to 505 m above sea level.
Langenhahn’s Ortsteile are Langenhahn, Hinterkirchen, Hintermühlen and Hölzenhausen.
In 1334, Langenhahn had its first documentary mention as Landenhain. In 1386, Hölzenhausen followed as Holtershusen, in 1417 Hinterkirchen as Hinterkirche and 1593 Hintermühlen as “uff der Hintermuell im Braeschied”. The merger into a single community came about in 1969.
The two crossed arrows in the community’s arms, which refer to Saint Sebastian’s martyrdom, symbolize Saint Sebastian’s Chapel. The six-spoked waterwheel…