Municipality Basic data Type of municipality City Location Germany » Thuringia » Sonneberg, Landkreis » Lauscha Population* 3 133 Urbanization* sparsely populated Area information Municipal area* 18,72 km² Industrial and commercial area* 15 ha Residential building area* 63 ha Agricultural area* 0 ha Excise tax Level of business tax* 395 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B* 426 % (municipal rate) Labour market (in district) Labour market Unemployment rate (in district)* 4,9 % Labour - total* 18 120 person employed Labour by job specification Labour - expert* 8 % Labour - specialist* 10 % Labour - skilled worker* 59 % Labour - helper* 23 % Gross salary by job specification Gross salary - expert* 5 143 €/month Gross salary - specialist* 3 947 €/month Gross salary - skilled worker* 3 170 €/month Gross salary - helper* 2 516 €/month Infrastructure Motorway Motorway (distance)* 19 km Motorway junction Eisfeld-Süd () Nearby motorways A73 Airport Airport (distance)* 57 km Name of airport Flughafen Erfurt-Weimar Port Port (distance)* 66 km Name of port Bayernhafen Bamberg Port type Inland port Modality trimodal Waters Main-Donau-Kanal Freight village Freight village (distance)* 56 km Name of freight village GVZ Erfurt Modality bimodal Contact Natalie Leibold Website