Religion
Many inhabitants of Langscheid are members of the Roman Catholic congregation. The earliest mention of a chapel in Langscheid dates back to 1637, when the parson from Enkhausen used to say Mass in it. Expanded in 1927, the 17th century chapel has a plastered, double bay hall and a roof covered in slate, carrying a small turret.
A surge in population, caused by the construction of the Sorpe dam starting in 1926, made it necessary to build a larger church in 1932/33 that now houses Langscheid's remarkable altar from the middle of the 18th century AD. Both the old chapel and the church were dedicated to patron saint Anthony the Anchorite. The chapel has since been renovated and converted into a parish hall in 1969.
Langscheid's Protestant congregation convenes in the modernist Markuskirche. Erected in 1965 in a style resembling Le Corbusier, it has the shape of an upside-down boat, with the triangular tip pointing toward the Sorpe reservoir.
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