Lauro Muller, Santa Catarina

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official_name = Lauro Müller
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subdivision_name1 = South
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leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Nestor Spricigo
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established_title = Founded
established_date = December 6, 1956
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timezone = UTC-3
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longd=49 |longm=23 |longs=49 |longEW=W
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website = [http://www.lauromuller.sc.gov.br www.lauromuller.sc.gov.br]

Lauro Müller is a city in Santa Catarina, in the Southern Region of Brazil.

History

Despite its German name, the city was coloinized by Italians at the end of the XIX century. In 1827 began the exploitation of coal. There was overabundant, nevertheless the economy begun to develop only after the arrival of the Italian immigrants at the end of that century.

On September 25, 1905, the engineer Álvaro Rodovalho Marcondes do Reis proposed to give the area the name of 'Lauro Müller', in appreciation of the ancient minister of the "Ministro da Viação e Obras Públicas" (road traffic and public works department) Dr. Lauro Severiano Muller. He was a Catarinese (descendant of Santa Catarina) and engineer as well.