Lauterecken
Lauterecken | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Lauterecken
within Kusel district
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Location of Lauterecken | |
Lauterecken Lauterecken | |
| Coordinates: 49°38′58″N 7°35′31″E / 49.64944°N 7.59194°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Kusel |
| Municipal assoc. | Lauterecken-Wolfstein |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Isabel Steinhauer-Theis (CDU) |
| Area | |
• Total | 8.89 km2 (3.43 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 169 m (554 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31) | |
• Total | 2,044 |
| • Density | 230/km2 (595/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 67742 |
| Dialling codes | 06382 |
| Vehicle registration | KUS |
| Website | www.lauterecken.de |
Lauterecken (German pronunciation: [ˈlaʊtɐˌʔɛkn̩] ⓘ) is a town in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde Lauterecken-Wolfstein, to which it also belongs. Lauterecken bears the nickname Veldenzstadt, after the comital family that once held sway here. It is also a state-recognized tourism resort town, and in terms of state planning is laid out as a lower centre.