Lützelbach
| Lützelbach | ||
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  Lützelbach | ||
Location of Lützelbach within Odenwaldkreis district 
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| Coordinates: 49°47′18″N 9°4′31″E / 49.78833°N 9.07528°ECoordinates: 49°47′18″N 9°4′31″E / 49.78833°N 9.07528°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Hesse | |
| Admin. region | Darmstadt | |
| District | Odenwaldkreis | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Uwe Olt | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 35.46 km2 (13.69 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 278 m (912 ft) | |
| Population (2012-12-31)[1] | ||
| • Total | 6,873 | |
| • Density | 190/km2 (500/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 64750 | |
| Dialling codes | 06165, 09372, 06066 | |
| Vehicle registration | ERB | |
| Website | www.luetzelbach.de | |
Lützelbach is a community in the Odenwaldkreis (district) in Hesse, Germany.
Geography
Location
The community lies in the northern Odenwald on the Hesse-Bavaria boundary in a richly wooded setting.
Neighbouring communities
Lützelbach borders in the north on the town of Breuberg and the town of Obernburg, in the east on the towns of Wörth am Main and Klingenberg (all three in Miltenberg district in Bavaria), in the south on the towns of Michelstadt and Bad König and in the west on the community of Höchst.
Constituent communities
Lützelbach’s Ortsteile are Lützel-Wiebelsbach (the community’s administrative seat), Seckmauern, Haingrund, Breitenbrunn and Rimhorn.
Breitenbrunn, which has 830 inhabitants today, had its first documentary mention in 1273, but is believed to have already arisen by the 11th century.
Politics
The municipal election held on 26 March 2006 yielded the following results:
| Parties and voter communities | % 2006 |
Seats 2006 |
% 2001 |
Seats 2001 | |
| CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | 24.1 | 7 | 25.9 | 8 |
| SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | 40.8 | 13 | 30.7 | 10 |
| ÜWG | Überparteiliche Wählergemeinschaft Lützelbach | 35.1 | 11 | 38.8 | 12 |
| BfL | Bürger für Lützelbach | – | – | 4.6 | 1 |
| Total | 100.0 | 31 | 100.0 | 31 | |
| Voter turnout in % | 47.8 | 57.6 | |||
Mayor
In the runoff election on 27 February 2005, Uwe Olt (SPD) was elected mayor with 56.6% of the vote.
Honorary citizens
Spiritual Adviser Joseph Klein, as of 16 November 1987 (born 1913 in Bieber (now Offenbach), died 2005)
Culture and sightseeing
Worth seeing is the course of the Neckar-Odenwald-Limes with the watchtower foundations and the castrum remains.
References
- ↑ "Die Bevölkerung der hessischen Gemeinden". Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt (in German). July 2013.
External links
- Lützelbach’s official page with map (German)
- This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
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