Bad Lauterberg

Bad Lauterberg
Bad Lauterberg
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Osterode am Harz
Town subdivisions 4 districts
Mayor Thomas Gans (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area 41.54 km2 (16.04 sq mi)
Elevation 296 m  (971 ft)
Population 11,124 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 268 /km2 (694 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate OHA
Postal code 37431
Area code 05524
Website www.badlauterberg.de

Bad Lauterberg is a town in the district of Osterode, 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.

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Politics

City council

City council after the local elections on September 10, 2006:

City Council after the local elections on September 11, 2011:

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