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Lauterbach is a town in the Vogelsbergkreis district of the federal state of Hesse in central Germany.

History

Lauterbach was founded between 400 and 800 AD. In 812 the town was mentioned for the first time in a document of the church in Schlitz. In the Middle Ages, Lauterbach belonged to the cloister in Fulda. Then in the 12th century Lauterbach became a fief of the count Ziegenhein from the cloister in Fulda. In 1266 Lauterbach received municipal rights. In the same year Lauterbach started to build the castle (Burg) and the city wall.

Over the following centuries, ownership rights of Lauterbach changed often and were complicated. Lauterbach became Lutheran following the Reformation. With a pact in 1684, Lauterbach came under the control of the Riedesel zu Eisenbach (Riedesel). Up to 1806, the Riedesels had a small but independent territory. Following the Napoleonic Wars and Congress_of_Vienna, Lauterbach belonged to the grand duchy of Hesse. In 1852 Lauterbach became the seat of the new founded district (Kreis) of Lauterbach. In 1972 local governments were re-organized, and the new, larger district Vogelsberg was founded of which Lauterbach remains the seat of government.