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.