Lauta
{{About|the town in the district of Bautzen, Saxony|the village in the town of Marienberg, Saxony|Lauta (Marienberg)}}
{{Infobox German location
|name = Lauta/Łuty
|type = Stadt
|image_photo =
|image_coa = Wappen von Lauta.png
|coordinates = {{coord|51|26|53|N|14|5|59|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Lauta in BZ.svg
|state = Sachsen
|district = Bautzen
|elevation = 123
|area = 41.87
|postal_code = 02991
|area_code = 035722
|licence = BZ, BIW, HY, KM
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 14625310
|divisions = 3
|website = [http://www.lauta.de/ www.lauta.de]
|leader_term = 2022–29
|party =
}}
Lauta (German) or Łuty (Upper Sorbian, {{IPA|hsb|ˈwutɨ|pron}}) is a town in the district of Bautzen, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated in Lower Lusatia, 10 km west of Hoyerswerda, and 10 km southeast of Senftenberg.
History
From 1815 to 1945, within the Prussian Province of Brandenburg, Lauta was part of Landkreis Calau. From 1945 to 1952, it was part of Brandenburg. From 1952 to 1990, within the East German Bezirk Cottbus, it was part of Kreis Hoyerswerda. With German reunification in 1990, it became part of Saxony.
File:Wasserturm Lauta.jpg|Watertower
File:Katholische Kirche Lauta.JPG|Catholic church
File:Wohnsiedlung Schmuckhof Lauta.JPG|Housing complex
File:Gedenkstein Erika-Laubusch 1.JPG|Monument in Laubusch, district of Lauta
Personality
= Personalities who worked in Lauta =
- Albert Zimmermann, resistance fighter, executed on 27 November 1944
= Personalities who lived temporarily in Lauta =
- Peter Mädler, (1943–1963), death at the Berlin Wall (1963), 1958–1961 electrician apprentice in the power plant Lauta.
- Joachim Hansen, (1930–2007), actor
References
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