The community stretches from the valley of the river Schwarzwasser up to the Spiegelwald (forest) at 728 m above sea level, thereby offering a good view over the Ore Mountain towns of Aue and Schwarzenberg.
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With the coming of the railway line from Zwönitz to Scheibenberg in 1900 also came another upswing in the resident economy.
It was formed on 1 January 2013 by the merger of the former town Lauter and municipality Bernsbach.