Bad Lauterberg
{{short description|Place in Lower Saxony, Germany}}
{{Infobox German location
|type = Stadt
|name = Bad Lauterberg im Harz
|image_photo = BadLauterberg2008.jpg
|image_caption = General view of the town
|image_coa = Wappen Bad Lauterberg.gif
|coordinates = {{coord|51|37|54|N|10|28|14|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Bad Lauterberg im Harz in GÖ-2016.svg
|state = Niedersachsen
|district = Göttingen
|elevation = 296
|area = 41.56
|postal_code = 37431
|area_code = 05524
|licence = GÖ, OHA
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 03159003
|divisions = 4 districts
|website = [http://www.badlauterberg.de/ www.badlauterberg.de]
|mayor = Rolf Lange{{cite web|url=https://wahlen.statistik.niedersachsen.de/SW2021/reports/DW/DW_Uebersicht.pdf|title=Stichwahlen zu Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 26. September 2021|date=13 October 2021|publisher=Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen}}
|leader_term = 2021–26
|party = CDU
}}
Bad Lauterberg im Harz ({{IPA|de|baːt ˈlaʊtɐbɛʁk ʔɪm ˈhaːɐ̯ts|-|Bad lauterberg im harz.ogg}}, {{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.[http://www.harzer-wandernadel.de/stempelstellen/uebersichtskarte/stempelstelle-43-wasserscheide-%20weser-elbe-hohe-tuer/ Stempelstelle 43 / Wasserscheide Weser-Elbe „Hohe Tür“] at www.harzer-wandernadel.de. Retrieved 1 Nov 2017.
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
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External links
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Category:Towns in Lower Saxony
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