Lautertal

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Wappen = Wappen Lautertal (Vogelsberg).pnglat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 35
lon_deg = 09 |lon_min = 17
Lageplan = Mittelhessen Vogelsberg Laut.pngBundesland = Hessen
Regierungsbezirk = Gießen
Landkreis = Vogelsbergkreis
Höhe = 477
Fläche = 53.61
Einwohner = 2584
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 36369
Vorwahl = 06643, 06645 Engelrod, 06630 Meiches
Kfz = VB
Gemeindeschlüssel = 06 5 35 012
Adresse = Rathausstraße 3
36369 Lautertal
Website = [http://www.lautertal-vogelsberg.de www.lautertal-vogelsberg.de]
Bürgermeister = Heiko Stock

Lautertal is a community 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").

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