Lautertal

This article is about the town in Gießen. For the town in Darmstadt, see Lautertal, Hesse. For the town in Bavaria, see Lautertal, Bavaria.

Lautertal
Coat of arms of Lautertal Coat of arms
Lautertal
Location of Lautertal within Vogelsbergkreis district 250px
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Gießen
District	Vogelsbergkreis
Government
• Mayor	Heiko Stock
Area
• Total	53.61 km2 (20.70 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)
• Total	2,415
• Density	45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	36369
Dialling codes	06643, 06645 Engelrod, 06630 Meiches
Vehicle registration	VB
Website	www.lautertal-vogelsberg.de

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