Bad Lauterberg
| Bad Lauterberg | ||
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  Bad Lauterberg | ||
Location of Bad Lauterberg within Göttingen district  | ||
| Coordinates: 51°37′54″N 10°28′14″E / 51.63167°N 10.47056°ECoordinates: 51°37′54″N 10°28′14″E / 51.63167°N 10.47056°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Lower Saxony | |
| District | Göttingen | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Thomas Gans (SPD) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 41.54 km2 (16.04 sq mi) | |
| Population (2015-12-31)[1] | ||
| • Total | 10,596 | |
| • Density | 260/km2 (660/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
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Sons and daughters of the town
- 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
See also
References
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