Lüttringhausen
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Lüttringhausen is a district of the German town of Remscheid with a population of 17,857 (in 2005).
It was founded around the year 1189. At this time, Lüttringhausen belonged to the Earldom of Berg.
In 1929, Lüttringhausen was incorporated into the town of Remscheid.
The prison of Remscheid is in Lüttringhausen, also is the large protestant psychiatry hospital Stiftung Tannenhof. The Autobahn 1 touches Lüttringhausen, which is connectet to it at two points ("Ronsdorf-Lüttringhausen" and "Lüttringhausen-Lennep").
Adolf Clarenbach, one of the first protestant martyrs near the Lower Rhine, was born in Lüttringhausen on the "Buscherhof" around the year 1497. He was executed by burning in Cologne in september 28th, 1529 because of his working as a Reformer.
There are some worth seeing churches in Lüttringhausen. The oldest one is a protestant church built in the year 1735. It's architecture is known as a masterpiece of the special kind of baroque style that is found in the "Bergisches Land". The city hall, built in 1907, is worth seeing, too.
Every year at the first advent sunday the christmas market in Lüttringhausen is visited by many thousands of people.
