Bad Lauterberg

Bad Lauterberg im Harz (German pronunciation: [baːt ˈlaʊtɐbɛʁk ʔɪm ˈhaːɐ̯ts] ^ⓘ, 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 im Harz
Town
General view of the town
Coat of arms
Location of Bad Lauterberg im Harz within Göttingen district
Bad Lauterberg im Harz Show map of Germany Bad Lauterberg im Harz Show map of Lower Saxony
Coordinates: 51°37′54″N 10°28′14″E
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Göttingen
Subdivisions	4 districts
Government
• Mayor (2021–26)	Rolf Lange[1] (CDU)
Area
• Total	41.56 km2 (16.05 sq mi)
Elevation	296 m (971 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	10,395
• Density	250/km2 (650/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	37431
Dialling codes	05524
Vehicle registration	GÖ, OHA
Website	www.badlauterberg.de

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.^[3]

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

• Osterhagen