Lautertal is a community in the Vogelsbergkreis

Vogelsbergkreis

The Vogelsbergkreis is a Kreis in the middle of Hesse, Germany. Neighbouring districts are Schwalm-Eder, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Fulda, Main-Kinzig, Wetteraukreis, Gießen and Marburg-Biedenkopf.-Geography:...

 in Hesse

Hesse

Hesse or Hessia is both a cultural region of Germany and the name of an individual German state.* The cultural region of Hesse includes both the State of Hesse and the area known as Rhenish Hesse in the neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate state...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

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Location

Lautertal lies from 400 to 700 m above sea level

Sea level

Mean sea level is a measure of the average height of the ocean's surface ; used as a standard in reckoning land elevation...

 in the High Vogelsberg Nature Park (Naturpark Hoher Vogelsberg).

Neighbouring communities

Lautertal borders in the north on the community of Schwalmtal

Schwalmtal, Hesse

-Neighbouring communities:Schwalmtal borders in the north on the towns of Alsfeld and Grebenau, in the east on the town of Lauterbach, in the south on the community of Lautertal, and in the west on the community of Feldatal and the town of Nidda and the town of Romrod.-Constituent communities:The...

, in the east on the town of Lauterbach

Lauterbach, Hesse

Lauterbach is a town in the Vogelsbergkreis district of the federal state of Hesse in central Germany.-History:Lauterbach was founded between 400 and 800 AD. In 812 the town was mentioned for the first time in a document of the church in Schlitz. In the Middle Ages, Lauterbach belonged to the...

, in the south on the town of Herbstein

Herbstein

-Location:The spa town of Herbstein lies on the eastern slope of the Vogelsberg Mountains.-Neighbouring communities:Herbstein borders in the north on the community of Lautertal and the community of Wartenberg, in the east on the communities of Großenlüder and Hosenfeld , in the south on the...

, and in the west on the town of Ulrichstein

Ulrichstein

-Location:Ulrichstein lies in the Vogelsberg Mountains 614 m above sea level and is thereby Hesse's highest town. It is a recognized climatic spa and lies right near the "Hoherodskopf" nature reserve...

 and the community of Feldatal

Feldatal

-Location:The community lies 285 to 598 m above sea level on the north slope of the Vogelsberg Mountains. Through the community flows the river Felda, which empties into the Ohm at Gemünden.-Neighbouring communities:...

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Constituent communities

The community of Lautertal consists of seven centres:

• Dirlammen
• Eichelhain
• Eichenrod
• Engelrod
• Hörgenau (administrative seat)
• Hopfmannsfeld
• Meiches

Municipal council

As of municipal elections held on 26 March 2006 the seats are apportioned thus:

• CDU
  Christian Democratic Union (Germany)
  The Christian Democratic Union of Germany is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It is regarded as on the centre-right of the German political spectrum...
  
   7 seats
• SPD
  Social Democratic Party of Germany
  The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany...
  
  7 seats
• UBG (citizens' coalition) 1 seat