# Lauta

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{{About|the town in the district of Bautzen, Saxony|the village in the town of Marienberg, Saxony|Lauta (Marienberg)}}
{{Infobox German location
|name              = Lauta/Łuty
|type               = Stadt
|image_photo       = 
|image_coa            = Wappen von Lauta.png
|coordinates       = {{coord|51|26|53|N|14|5|59|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Lauta in BZ.svg
|state        = Sachsen
|district         = Bautzen 
|elevation              = 123
|area            = 42.13
|postal_code               = 02991
|area_code           = 035722
|licence               = BZ, BIW, HY, KM
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 14625310
|divisions         = 3 
|website           = [http://www.lauta.de/ www.lauta.de]
|mayor             = Frank Lehmann<ref>[https://wahlen.sachsen.de/download/Buergermeister/statistik-sachsen_wahlen_buergermeister_uebersicht_aktuell.xlsx Gewählte Bürgermeisterinnen und Bürgermeister im Freistaat Sachsen, Stand: 17. Juli 2022], Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen.</ref>
|leader_term       = 2022&ndash;29
|party             =
}}

'''Lauta''' ([German](/source/German_language), {{IPA|de|ˈlaʊta|pron|De-Lauta.ogg}}) or '''Łuty''' ([Upper Sorbian](/source/Upper_Sorbian_language), {{IPA|hsb|ˈwutɨ|pron}}) is a town in the [district of Bautzen](/source/Bautzen_(district)), in [Saxony](/source/Saxony), [Germany](/source/Germany). It is situated in [Lower Lusatia](/source/Lower_Lusatia), 10&nbsp;km west of [Hoyerswerda](/source/Hoyerswerda), and 10&nbsp;km southeast of [Senftenberg](/source/Senftenberg).

==History==
From 1815 to 1945, within the Prussian [Province of Brandenburg](/source/Province_of_Brandenburg), Lauta was part of Landkreis Calau. From 1945 to 1952, it was part of [Brandenburg](/source/Brandenburg). From 1952 to 1990,  within the [East German](/source/East_Germany) [Bezirk Cottbus](/source/Bezirk_Cottbus), it was part of Kreis Hoyerswerda. With [German reunification](/source/German_reunification) in 1990, it became part of [Saxony](/source/Saxony).

<gallery>
File:Wasserturm Lauta.jpg|Watertower
File:Katholische Kirche Lauta.JPG|Catholic church
File:Wohnsiedlung Schmuckhof Lauta.JPG|Housing complex
File:Gedenkstein Erika-Laubusch 1.JPG|Monument in Laubusch, district of Lauta
</gallery>

== Personality ==
=== 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](/source/Joachim_Hansen_(actor)), (1930–2007), actor

== References ==
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{{Cities and towns in Bautzen (district)}}

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Category:West Lusatia
Category:Populated places in Bautzen (district)

{{Bautzen-geo-stub}}

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