Lauter () is a

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in the

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n district of

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and a member of the administrative community () of Baunach.

Geography

The community lies in the Upper Franconia-West region on the Bach Lauter (brook), which runs into the river Baunach.

Constituent communities

The community is made up of the centres of Lauter with 601 inhabitants, Deusdorf with 277, Appendorf with 213, Leppelsdorf with 85, Krappenhof with 8 and Deusdorfer Mühle with 7. (as of 2004/2005) The community also has 4 traditional rural land units, known in

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as ''Gemarkungen'', named Deusdorf, Lauter, Leppelsdorf and Appendorf, the same names as 4 of the constituent communities (it is traditional for a ''Gemarkung'' to be named after a town or village lying nearby).

History

Pope Innocent IV stated in 1251 in a document the goods and privileges of the Michelsberg

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in Lauter. Lauter belonged to the High Monastery at Bamberg. The Counts of Truhendingen had their seat at the Stiefenburg (castle) near Lauter. Since the ''

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'' of 1803, the community has belonged to

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. In the course of administrative reform in Bavaria, today’s community came into being under the ''Gemeindeedikt'' (“Community Edict”) of 1818.

Population development

Within municipal limits, 1,000 inhabitants were counted in 1970, 1,024 in 1987 and 1,124 in 2000, In 2004 and 2005 it was 1,191.

Politics

The mayor is Ronny Beck, elected in March 2020. The community council is made up of 12 members, listed here by party or voter community affiliation, and also with the number of seats that each holds: *

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7 *

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5 In 1999, municipal tax revenue, converted to

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s, amounted to €497,000 of which business taxes (net) amounted to €126,000.

Coat of arms

Lauter’s arms might heraldically be described thus: Gules two wings argent emerging from each inwards a clothed arm argent, each of which holds the handle of a grill reversed Or.

Economy and infrastructure

According to official statistics, there were no workers on the social welfare contribution rolls working in producing businesses in 1998, and in trade and

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also none, but 391 such workers worked from home. In processing businesses there were two businesses, and in construction 3. Furthermore, in 1999, there were 32 agricultural operations with a working area of 315 ha, of which 247 ha was cropland and 67 ha was meadowland.

Education

In 1999, the following institutions existed in Lauter: *50

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places with 46 children

Other meaning

''Lauter'' is also a

word that means “louder” or “more loudly”.

References

External links

Administrative community’s website
{{Authority control Bamberg (district)