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| DEUTSCHLAND
| GERMANY
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| Bundesland: Freistaat Sachsen
| Saxony
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| Landesdirektion: Chemnitz
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| Landkreis: Erzgebirgskreis
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Lauter / Sachsen
Lauter is situated at an altitude of 338–575 m between the towns of Aue and Schwarzenberg in the
western Erzgebirge (Ore Mountains) region of southern Saxony.
The village was founded around 1159. The first church of Lauter was mentioned around 1250. Being located in a region rich in mineral resources,
mining was one of the important economic factors already in the early development of Lauter. The village was connected to the railroad system in 1858.
Mining for bismuth by the Wismut AG started in 1949. Lauter obtained the status of a town in 1962.
The 
Heinrich-Heine-Schule [top] was built in 1899 and was named for the German poet
Heinrich Heine (1797–1856).
The church of Lauter [bottom right] was built in 1628.
The building depicted in the bottom left inset of the picture is the Postamt (post office).
The building is still in use.
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