Supriya Ghosh (Editor)

Lauta

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Country
  
Germany

District
  
Bautzen

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Area
  
41.87 km²

Population
  
9,528 (31 Dec 2008)

Dialling code
  
035722

State
  
Saxony

Elevation
  
123 m (404 ft)

Postal codes
  
02991

Local time
  
Monday 6:24 PM

Postal code
  
02991

Lauta

Weather
  
7°C, Wind E at 6 km/h, 58% Humidity

Lauta (Sorbian: Łuty) is a town in the district of Bautzen, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated 10 km west of Hoyerswerda, and 10 km southeast of Senftenberg.

Contents

Map of Lauta, Germany

History

Within the Prussian Province of Brandenburg, Lauta was part of Landkreis Calau. Within the East German Bezirk Cottbus, it was part of Kreis Hoyerswerda. With German reunification in 1990, it became part of Saxony.

Personalities who worked in Lauta

  • Albert Zimmermann, resistance fighter, executed on 27 November 1944

    • Personalities who lived temporarily in Lauta

  • Peter Mädler, (1943-1963), death at the Berlin Wall (1963), 1958-1961 electrician apprentice in the power plant Lauta.
  • Joachim Hansen, (1930-2007), actor

    • References

    Lauta Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA