It belongs to the district of Fürth near Nürnberg and lies in the Rangau [bg; de].

Neighbouring Towns: First possible historic mention in 903 by king Ludwig IV as 'Zenna'.

It is not proven whether 'Zenna' means Langenzenn here or the abandoned village Zennhausen near Neuhof an der Zenn.

The first evident mention is in 954 when King Otto I held an important meeting with the German nobles in Langenzenn to reunite them.

In 1361 it was granted the right to mint money by King Karl IV.

They staged for example Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (2001) and Le Malade imaginaire (1990) by Molière, Twelfth Night (1989), The Merry Wives of Windsor (2004) and The Taming of the Shrew (2002) by Shakespeare, and Lysistrata (2003) by Aristophanes.

Langenzenn lies on the dual carriageway Südwesttangente [de], so it is well connected to Fürth/Nürnberg.

In 1984 the Wolfang Borchert Gymnasium, which has room for 1150 pupils, was founded in Langenzenn.

The steel and metal wholesale company Heine + Beisswenger has business premises between Langenzenn and Burggrafenhof.