Lützelbach

Lützelbach

Coat of arms
Lützelbach

Coordinates: 49°47′18″N 9°4′31″E / 49.78833°N 9.07528°E / 49.78833; 9.07528Coordinates: 49°47′18″N 9°4′31″E / 49.78833°N 9.07528°E / 49.78833; 9.07528
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 (2015-12-31)[1]
 • Total 6,910
 • 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 (Pronunciation: ˈlʏtsəlˌbax) 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 in 2001 and 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

Elections in 2016

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

  1. ↑ "Bevölkerung der hessischen Gemeinden". Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt (in German). August 2016.
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