Lauta is a town in the district of Bautzen, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated 10 km west of Hoyerswerda, and 10 km southeast of Senftenberg.HistoryWithin the Prussian Province of Brandenburg, Lauta was part of Landkreis Calau. Within the East German Bezirk Cottbus, it was part of Kreis Hoyerswerda. With German reunification in 1990, it became part of Saxony.PersonalityPersonalities who worked in Lauta Albert Zimmermann, resistance fighter, executed on 27 November 1944Personalities who lived temporarily in Lauta Peter Mädler,, death at the Berlin Wall, 1958-1961 electrician apprentice in the power plant Lauta. Joachim Hansen,, actor