Lauterecken
Sign in to saveLauterecken () is a town in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde Lauterecken-Wolfstein, to which it also belongs. Lauterecken bears the nickname Veldenzstadt, after the comital family that once held sway here. It is also a state-recognized tourism resort town, and in terms of state planning is laid out as a lower centre.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Lauterecken is referenced by 149 other articles, and connects out to railway station, Matthäus Merian and Verbandsgemeinde.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Kusel (district), Towns in Rhineland-Palatinate and Wikisource templates with missing id.
Its subject is documented across 34 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.image_photo
- File:628 458 Lauterecken.jpg
- German location.image_coa
- Wappen-lauterecken.svg
- German location.image_plan
- Lauterecken in KUS.svg
- German location.state
- Rheinland-Pfalz
- German location.district
- Kusel
- German location.Verbandsgemeinde
- Lauterecken-Wolfstein
- German location.elevation
- 169
- German location.area
- 8.89
- German location.postal_code
- 67742
- German location.area_code
- 06382
- German location.licence
- KUS
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 07 3 36 058
- German location.website
- www.lauterecken.de
- German location.mayor
- Isabel Steinhauer-Theis
- German location.leader_term
- 2019–24
- German location.party
- CDU
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Kusel
- Population
- 2044
- Area
- 8.89
- Elevation
- 169
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Official website
- www.lauterecken.de
- Image
- 628 458 Lauterecken.jpg
- Dialing code
- 06382
- Licence plate code
- KUS
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- Commons category
- Lauterecken
- postal code
- 67742
- P8168
- Gotthard Sachsenberg
- hashtag
- Lauterecken
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Encyclopedic overview
45 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Location
- Neighbouring municipalities
- Climate
- Town’s layout
- History
- Antiquity
- Middle Ages
- Frankish times and Christianization
- Early times
- Veldenz times
- Modern times
- Zweibrücken times
- Electoral Palatinate times
- French Revolutionary and Napoleonic times
- Bavarian times
- Imperial times
- Weimar and National Socialist times
- Since the Second World War
- Population development
- Town’s name
- Vanished villages
- Religion
- Politics
- Town council
- Mayor
- Coat of arms
- Town partnerships
- Culture and sightseeing
- Buildings
- Culture
- Regular events
- Clubs
- Economy and infrastructure
- Economic structure
- Established businesses
- Energy
- Public institutions
- Education
- Transport
- Famous people
- Sons and daughters of the town
- Famous people associated with the town
- References
- External links
Lauterecken () is a town in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde Lauterecken-Wolfstein, to which it also belongs. Lauterecken bears the nickname Veldenzstadt, after the comital family that once held sway here. It is also a state-recognized tourism resort town, and in terms of state planning is laid out as a lower centre.
==Geography==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lauterecken” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations