Bad Lauterberg
Bad Lauterberg im Harz | |
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Location of Bad Lauterberg im Harz within Göttingen district | |
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| Coordinates: 51°37′54″N 10°28′14″E / 51.63167°N 10.47056°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Göttingen |
| Subdivisions | 4 districts |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2021–26) | Rolf Lange[1] (CDU) |
| Area | |
• Total | 41.56 km2 (16.05 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 296 m (971 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 10,395 |
| • Density | 250/km2 (650/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 37431 |
| Dialling codes | 05524 |
| Vehicle registration | GÖ, OHA |
| Website | www.badlauterberg.de |
Bad Lauterberg im Harz (German pronunciation: [baːt ˈlaʊtɐbɛʁk ʔɪm ˈhaːɐ̯ts] ⓘ, lit. 'Bad Lauterberg in the Harz'), commonly known as Bad Lauterberg, is a town in the district of Göttingen, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the southern Harz, approx. 15 km southwest of Braunlage, and 20 km southeast of Osterode am Harz.
Bad Lauterberg is known inter alia for the liqueurs, Schierker Feuerstein and Harzer Grubenlicht, which are both manufactured and bottled here.
Bad Lauterberg was the birthplace (1879) of the Polar explorer Alfred Ritscher.
Politics
Town council
Town Council after the local elections on September 11, 2016:
- CDU: 6 seats
- Wählergruppe: 5 seats
- SPD: 5 seats
- BI: 2 seats
- Bündnis 90/Die Grünen: 1 seats
- NPD: 1 seat
Sights
About a mile east of the town in the mountains is the viewing point of Hohe Tür which is by a mountain lake and on the main Weser-Elbe watershed. It is checkpoint 43 in the Harzer Wandernadel hiking network.[3]
Notable people
- Alfred Ritscher (1879-1963), captain and Arctic explorer
- Eberhard Umbach (born 1948), German physicist and science manager
- Bibiana Steinhaus (born 1979), football referee
- Tino Schmidt (born 1993), football player, played over 220 games
See also
References
- ^ "Stichwahlen zu Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 26. September 2021" (PDF). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. 13 October 2021.
- ^ "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus 2022, Stand 31. Dezember 2023" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
- ^ Stempelstelle 43 / Wasserscheide Weser-Elbe „Hohe Tür“ at www.harzer-wandernadel.de. Retrieved 1 Nov 2017.
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