Lauter, Saxony

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Lauter
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Lauter, Saxony (Germany)
Lauter, Saxony
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Saxony
Admin. region Chemnitz
District Aue-Schwarzenberg
Mayor Karl-Heinz Richter (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area 21.55 km² (8.3 sq mi)
Elevation 480 m  (1575 ft)
Population 4,927  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 229 /km² (592 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate ASZ
Postal code 08312
Area code 03771
Website www.lauter-sachsen.de

Coordinates: 50°34′00″N 12°44′00″E / 50.566667, 12.733333

The town of Lauter lies in the district of Aue-Schwarzenberg in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, between the two district seats of Aue and Schwarzenberg. It lies in the Ore Mountains, 4 km southeast of Aue, and 4 km northwest of Schwarzenberg, has 4,927 inhabitants (as of 31 December 2006) in an area of 21.55 km² and belongs to the Town League of Silberberg (Städtebund Silberberg). Through town runs the Silver Road, Bundesstraße 101. Lauter furthermore has a direct connection to the Ore Mountain Railway (Erzgebirgsbahn) running from Zwickau through Aue to Johanngeorgenstadt.

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[edit] History

The town arose from a forest homestead village (Waldhufendorf) established in the late 12th century on the western ridge of the Schwarzwasser Valley. The name is recorded over the centuries as Lawther (1460), Lawte (1501) and Lauttera (1590). The town draws this name from a brook called die Lauter, although this name is now no longer used for any waterway.

Besides agriculture and log driving, mining and basket making afforded the population livelihoods. When industrialization began in the 19th century, many machine factories, and metal- and woodworking businesses as well as an enamel factory set up shop in town. Town rights were conferred in 1962.

In the early 1950s, the BSG Empor Lauter football club played successfully in the DDR-Oberliga, until it was delegated to Rostock in 1954. Its successor club Hansa Rostock now plays in the First Fußball-Bundesliga.

[edit] Population development

The following figures refer to 31 December in each given year.

1982 to 1988

1989 to 1995

1996 to 2002

2003 to 2006
Source: Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen

[edit] Famous people

  • Edwin Bauersachs (1893–1948), Ore Mountain “homeland poet” (Heimatdichter), was active in Lauter from 1919 to 1945
  • Steffi Martin (b. 1962), two-time Olympic medallist in luge, lived here

[edit] Sons and daughters of the town

  • Johann Georg Rachalß (1630–1671), Saxony’s chief forester
  • Walter Weidauer (1899–1986), from 1946 to 1958 Mayor of Dresden
  • Werner Krusche (b. 1917), Evangelical German theologian and Bishop of Magdeburg

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This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.


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