 Since 1 January 2013, it is part of the town Lauter-Bernsbach.Through the town runs the Silver Road, the B 101.Lauter has a station on the Zwickau–Schwarzenberg railway and is served by Regionalbahn trains, operated by "Erzgebirgsbahn" (a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn) between Zwickau and Johanngeorgenstadt.