Bad Lauterberg


Bad Lauterberg im 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 is known inter alia for the liqueurs, Schierker Feuerstein and Harzer Grubenlicht, which are both manufactured and bottled here.
Bad Lauterberg was the birthplace 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.

Notable people