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
The High Vogelsberg Nature Park (german: Naturpark Hoher Vogelsberg) lies in the highlands of the Vogelsberg in the centre of the German state of Hesse. It covers the region of eleven rings around ''Oberwald'', the central part of the mountain ran ...
(''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
The Odenwald () is a low mountain range in the German states of Hesse, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg.
Location
The Odenwald is located between the Upper Rhine Plain with the Bergstraße and the ''Hessisches Ried'' (the northeastern section ...
. 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
The Social Democratic Party of Germany (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, ; SPD, ) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany.
Saskia Esken has been the ...
7 seats
* UBG (citizens' coalition) 1 seat
References
External links
Informations about German Felsenmeer in Lautertalin German). October 2020.
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Vogelsbergkreis
Grand Duchy of Hesse