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, as well as the large protestant psychiatry hospital Stiftung Tannenhof. The Autobahn 1 touches Lüttringhausen, which is connected 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 28, 1529 because of his work as a Reformer.
There are many notable churches in Lüttringhausen, the oldest of which is a protestant church built in 1735. Its architecture is considered a masterpiece of the special kind of baroque style found in the "Bergisches Land". The city hall, built in 1907, is also well-known.
Every year on the first advent sunday the christmas market in Lüttringhausen is visited by many thousands of people.
