Lauter-Bernsbach

Volume up Bernbach is a town in Saxony Erzgebirgskreis that on 1 January 2013 by the merger of the city Lauter / Sa. was formed with the community Bernbach.

• 3.1 City Council
• 3.2 Mayor
• 3.3 Coat of Arms
• 3.4 flag

Geography

Geographical location

The city Lauter - Bernbach lies in the western Erzgebirge in Schwarzwassertal. The two originally conceived as Waldhufen villages districts Loud and Bernbach situated in two valleys that lead up to the highest elevations Morgenleithe and Spiegelwald. Through the town the main road leads 101 Silver Street and the south-western district of the road S 228 volume up Bernbach is a railway station on the regional train connection Zwickau- Johanngeorgenstadt the Erzgebirgsbahn - composed of the sections Zwickau- Schwarzenberg Schwarzenberg Johann George Town - connected.

Boroughs

The city Lauter - Bernbach consists of the districts Lauter, Bernbach and Upper Panhandle. In the town of about 9100 inhabitants living in an area of about 30 km ².

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities are the major district towns Aue ( Sachsen) and Black / Erzgeb. , Cities Loessnitz and green grove - Beier field as well as the community Bockau.

History

In a referendum by the question was asked whether a merger with green grove - Beier field or Lauter have to strive for, the citizens of the community Bernbach decided on 26 June 2011, more than two-thirds approval for Lauter. The merger agreement was entered into on 23 August 2012 and completed the merger on 1 January 2013. Here, the existing municipal law since 1962 by Lauter was transferred to the newly founded city Lauter - Bernbach.

Policy

City ​​council

Until the next municipal election, the city council is composed of the previous council members of the formerly independent communities Bernbach and Lauter. The 32 -member council is comprised of 14 representatives of the CDU, 8 representatives of a common fraction from the Left Party and the SPD, 5 representatives of the Free Voters Association Volume up Bernbach and 5 representatives of the Free Voters in Bernbach.

Mayor

At the first meeting of the city council, the previous mayor of Lauter, Thomas Kunzmann was determined (CDU ) for Temporary Administrator of the newly-founded city on 10 January 2013. In the election of the mayor on April 14, 2013, Kunzmann prevailed with 81.17 % of the vote against his three competitors.

Coat of arms

Blazon: "In silver with a red ball board at a floating, with silver wave bar green floor occupied front linkshin border upright black bear with red knocked-out tongue and red teeth, where the front paws, behind a growing green fir with black base."

The coat of arms was designed in 2012 by Jörg Kommunalheraldiker Mantzsch and taken to the City Council resolution of January 10, 2013 in the approval process. Its symbolism refers to the local coat of arms of Lauter / Sa. and Bernbach (the latter was done without permission ).

The colors of the city are: green and white.

Flag

The city flag is described as follows: ". Quer-/Längsstreifen Two equal width in the colors green and white with applied in the middle of the city coat of arms "