| Image Coa: | DEU Lautertal (Vogelsberg) COA.svg |
| Coordinates: | 50.5833°N 26°W |
| Image Plan: | Mittelhessen Vogelsberg Laut.png |
| State: | Hessen |
| Region: | Gießen |
| District: | Vogelsbergkreis |
| Elevation: | 477 |
| Area: | 53.61 |
| Postal Code: | 36369 |
| Area Code: | 06643, 06645 Engelrod, 06630 Meiches |
| Licence: | VB |
| Gemeindeschlüssel: | 06 5 35 012 |
| Website: | www.lautertal-vogelsberg.de |
| Mayor: | Lukas Becker[1] |
| Leader Term: | 2023 - 29 |
| Party: | SPD |
Lautertal is a municipality in the Vogelsbergkreis in Hesse, Germany.
Lautertal lies from 400 to 700 m above sea level in the High Vogelsberg Nature Park (Naturpark Hoher Vogelsberg). Lautertal is famous for the spectacular natural monument Felsenmeer. It is the product of geological processes that began about 340 million years ago. At that time two continents drifted towards each other and collided in the area of today's Odenwald. At this "junction" a huge mountain range was formed. At great depth the rock melted and rose as liquid magma. About 330 million years ago it cooled in the "core" of the piled up mountains to a rock similar to granite, the melaquarz diorite.
Lautertal borders in the north on the community of Schwalmtal, in the east on the town of Lauterbach, in the south on the town of Herbstein, and in the west on the town of Ulrichstein and the community of Feldatal.
The community of Lautertal consists of seven centres:
As of municipal elections held on 26 March 2006 the seats are apportioned thus: