Bad Lauterberg

Bad Lauterberg

Coat of arms
Bad Lauterberg
Location of Bad Lauterberg within Göttingen district
Coordinates: 51°37′54″N 10°28′14″E / 51.63167°N 10.47056°E / 51.63167; 10.47056Coordinates: 51°37′54″N 10°28′14″E / 51.63167°N 10.47056°E / 51.63167; 10.47056
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Göttingen
Government
 • Mayor Thomas Gans (SPD)
Area
 • Total 41.54 km2 (16.04 sq mi)
Elevation 296 m (971 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
 • Total 10,404
 • Density 250/km2 (650/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 37431
Dialling codes 05524
Vehicle registration GÖ, OHA
Website www.badlauterberg.de

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.[2]

Sons and daughters of the town

See also

References

  1. ↑ Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen, Tabelle 12411: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2017
  2. ↑ Stempelstelle 43 / Wasserscheide Weser-Elbe „Hohe Tür“ at www.harzer-wandernadel.de. Retrieved 1 Nov 2017.


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