Lautertal, Hesse

Lauter (Odenwald ) is a late 1971 newly created municipality in the Odenwald in the circle mountain road. The municipality is located in the district of Reichenbach.

• 3.1 Municipal Council
• 3.2 Mayor
• 3.3 Twin towns

• 4.1 Felsenmeer
• 4.2 Hohenstein and Borstein
• 4.3 Historic houses
• 4.4 Kaiserturm
• 4.5 Protestant parish church Gadernheim

Geography

Geographical location

The Lauter starts at the source of the stream Lauter at the Neunkircher height and runs in a westerly direction initially wider, then it is narrow and steep up the mountain road, where the volume in Bensheim changes its name to Winkelbach. In addition to Lauter include several mountain ranges on either side of the actual valley.

Neighboring communities

Lauter is bordered to the north by the municipalities of Seeheim- Jugenheim and Modautal in Darmstadt- Dieburg, on the east by the city of lime rock, in the south on the community of Fürth and the town of Heppenheim and in the west on the town of Bensheim.

Local structure

Lauter consists of the districts Reichenbach, ( seat of the municipal administration), Kaiserslautern, Gadernheim, Raidelbach, width meadows, Knoden, Schannenbach, Elmshausen, Beedenkirchen, Relay and the directly adjacent hamlets narrow Beersbach and Wurzelbach.

History

The municipality was created Lauter at 31 December 1971 as part of local government reform in Hesse through the voluntary merger of four previously independent municipalities:

On 1 August 1972, the municipalities Knoden and Schannenbach were incorporated by operation of law in the newly created community. On January 1, 1977, the hamlet of narrow - Beersbach, until then the district Upper Beersbach and the community Seeheim (Darmstadt ) followed belonged.

For the districts

Was set up per district with a local town council and mayor.

The origin of the different parts of municipalities is partly already in Roman times (see Rocks Sea ) and in the Middle Ages (from a presumably once existing castle in Gadernheim but no remains have been preserved ).

The name of the village was changed on 1 July 1980 officially in Lauter (Odenwald ).

Policy

Municipal council

The municipal election held in 2011 yielded the following results:

Mayor

Jürgen cold water ( SPD) since 1996, first directly elected mayor of Lauter. He was re-elected last September 30, 2007 on the first ballot with 61.2 percent of the vote for a third sechsjahrige tenure. The turnout was 63.2 percent.

First mayor of the newly created municipality Lauter was Karl Germann (SPD ), which was previously since 1962 Mayor of Reichenbach. He was succeeded by Joseph Weitzel (SPD ), who served from 1973 to 1985. Next incumbent was 1985-1991 Gottfried Beyß ( CDU). From 1991 to 1996 again returned Joseph Weitzel (SPD ) back as a town hall boss.

Twin Cities

• Parish of Aldenham (England), since October 25, 1980
• Jarnac (France), since September 4, 1982

Culture and sights

The Geo - Mountain Natural Park Street -Odenwald is a recreational area for many day-trippers of the populous Rhine -Main and Rhine- Neckar region. In addition to numerous local trails intersect in Lauter the European long-distance paths E1 and E8.

Felsenmeer

Main article Felsenmeer ( Lauter )

Popular with families is the nationally known rock sea at the hamlet of Reichenbach. There is a covered with rounded blocks of granite mountainside, which can easily be climbed by children. The Romans used the Felsenmeer for building materials. This is evidenced, among others, the so-called giant column.

Hohenstein and Borstein

In the district of Reichenbach are two, recognized by the German Alpine Club, climbing rock, the 17 m high Hohenstein and 8 m high forest Borstein at Gasthaus Am Borstein, former Friends of Nature House. Both rocks also have ascents with little difficulty and are used by many climbing courses.

Historic houses

Several districts have retained their old half-timbered town halls, mostly from the 16th - 17th Century: Elmshausen, Reichenbach and Gadernheim (where the local museum is now located ). Furthermore, it is already to be found in Gadernheim 1608 a blacksmith shop, the oldest building of the Lauter valley. It is one of the oldest unchanged forging Hesse. However, it is in poor condition and will probably not be long to obtain.

Kaiserturm

Predecessor was a 24 m high wooden tower, which was built in 1888 by Adam Fleischman and torn down on 11 February 1904 in a stormy night. The Emperor's Tower ( in memory of Kaiser Wilhelm I ) on the Neunkircher height is the highest point in the Lauter. He stands on Gadernheimer district. In its current design, it was designed by the architects hackers and Jaide as an observation tower with a height of 34 m. Master mason Adam Arras from Gadernheim built the tower in 1906 /07 release. The initiators took the 25th anniversary of the local chapter of the Darmstadt Odenwaldklub an opportunity to formally handed over to the tower on July 7, 1907 in an inaugural ceremony to the population. 1982, the Emperor's Tower was extensively renovated. But a few years later, again showed cracks in the tower that caused by " huge antennas " of Post and Police, penetrate the rain water and let sit inside rotting processes in motion. In November 1986, thanks to the financial support by the circles darmstadt the castle and mountain road and the city of Darmstadt all damage was fixed. In the Emperor's Tower is " the highest economy" of the Odenwald.

Protestant parish church Gadernheim

1912/1913 built by the famous Art Nouveau architect Henry Metz village this large church in the so-called traditional styles. They dominated, located on the highest hill of the village, the upper Lauter. There is a hall building with cantilevered polygonal apse and facade tower, all covered with steep roofs. Sold it - - Outwardly the church, especially granite and sandstone shows elements. The upper part of the facade and the tower is paneled with gray blue painted wood shingles. The interior ( pews, pulpit, altar) is obtained from the time it was built.