Bad Lauterberg Explained

Type:Stadt
Bad Lauterberg
Image Coa:Wappen Bad Lauterberg.gif
Coordinates:51.6317°N 10.4706°W
Image Plan:Bad Lauterberg im Harz in GÖ-2016.svg
State:Niedersachsen
District:Göttingen
Elevation:296
Area:41.54
Postal Code:37431
Area Code:05524
Licence:GÖ, OHA
Gemeindeschlüssel:03159003
Divisions:4 districts
Website:www.badlauterberg.de
Mayor:Rolf Lange[1]
Leader Term:2021 - 26
Party:CDU

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:

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]

Notable people

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stichwahlen zu Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 26. September 2021. 13 October 2021. Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
  2. http://www.harzer-wandernadel.de/stempelstellen/uebersichtskarte/stempelstelle-43-wasserscheide-%20weser-elbe-hohe-tuer/ Stempelstelle 43 / Wasserscheide Weser-Elbe „Hohe Tür“