Lautertal (Vogelsberg)

Lautertal
Lautertal
Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Location of Lautertal (Vogelsberg) within Vogelsbergkreis district
	Lautertal Lautertal
	Coordinates: 50°35′N 09°17′E / 50.583°N 9.283°E
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Gießen
District	Vogelsbergkreis
Government
• Mayor (2023–29)	Lukas Becker (SPD)
Area
• Total	53.61 km2 (20.70 sq mi)
Elevation	477 m (1,565 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	2,274
• Density	42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	36369
Dialling codes	06643, 06645 Engelrod, 06630 Meiches
Vehicle registration	VB
Website	www.lautertal-vogelsberg.de

Lautertal is a municipality in the Vogelsbergkreis in Hesse, Germany.

Geography

Location

Lautertal lies from 400 to 700 m above sea level in the High Vogelsberg Nature Park (Naturpark Hoher Vogelsberg). Lautertal is famous for the spectacular natural monument Felsenmeer. It is the product of geological processes that began about 340 million years ago. At that time two continents drifted towards each other and collided in the area of today's Odenwald. At this "junction" a huge mountain range was formed. At great depth the rock melted and rose as liquid magma. About 330 million years ago it cooled in the "core" of the piled up mountains to a rock similar to granite, the melaquarz diorite.

Neighbouring communities

Lautertal borders in the north on the community of Schwalmtal, in the east on the town of Lauterbach, in the south on the town of Herbstein, and in the west on the town of Ulrichstein and the community of Feldatal.

Constituent communities

The community of Lautertal consists of seven centres:

Dirlammen
Eichelhain
Eichenrod
Engelrod
Hörgenau (administrative seat)
Hopfmannsfeld
Meiches

Politics

Municipal council

As of municipal elections held on 26 March 2006 the seats are apportioned thus:

CDU 7 seats
SPD 7 seats
UBG (citizens' coalition) 1 seat

References

^ "Ergebnisse der jeweils letzten Direktwahl von Landrätinnen und Landräte sowie (Ober-)Bürgermeisterinnen und (Ober-)Bürgermeister in Hessen" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. 21 May 2024.
^ "Bevölkerung in Hessen am 31.12.2022 nach Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. June 2023.

External links

Informations about German Felsenmeer in Lautertal(in German). October 2020.

[1] "Ergebnisse der jeweils letzten Direktwahl von Landrätinnen und Landräte sowie (Ober-)Bürgermeisterinnen und (Ober-)Bürgermeister in Hessen" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. 21 May 2024.

[2] "Bevölkerung in Hessen am 31.12.2022 nach Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. June 2023.

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