Lützelbach

Lützelbach
Municipality
Coat of arms of Lützelbach
Coat of arms
Location of Lützelbach within Odenwaldkreis district
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Lützelbach is located in Germany
Lützelbach
Lützelbach
Lützelbach is located in Hesse
Lützelbach
Lützelbach
Coordinates: 49°47′18″N 9°4′31″E / 49.78833°N 9.07528°E / 49.78833; 9.07528
CountryGermany
StateHesse
Admin. regionDarmstadt
DistrictOdenwaldkreis
Government
 • Mayor (2023–29) Tassilo Schindler[1]
Area
 • Total
35.46 km2 (13.69 sq mi)
Elevation
278 m (912 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total
6,800
 • Density190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
64750
Dialling codes06165, 09372, 06066
Vehicle registrationERB
Websitewww.luetzelbach.de

Lützelbach (German pronunciation: [lʏtsəlˌbax]ˈ) is a municipality in the Odenwaldkreis (district) in Hesse, Germany.

Geography

Location

The municipality 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 municipality'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, 2006, 2011 and 2016 yielded the following results:

Parties and voter communities %
2016[3] 		Seats
2016 		%
2011 		Seats
2011 		%
2006 		Seats
2006 		%
2001 		Seats
2001
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany 23.4 7 23.5 7 24.1 7 25.9 8
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany 38.6 12 40.3 13 40.8 13 30.7 10
ÜWG Überparteiliche Wählergemeinschaft Lützelbach 37.9 12 36.2 11 35.1 11 38.8 12
BfL Bürger für Lützelbach – – – – – – 4.6 1
Total 100.0 31 100.0 31 100.0 31 100.0 31
Voter turnout in % 46.7 51.7 47.8 57.6

Mayor

  • 2005–2023: Uwe Olt (SPD)
  • 2023–  : Tassilo Schindler

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. ^ "Ergebnisse der jeweils letzten Direktwahl von Landrätinnen und Landräte sowie (Ober-)Bürgermeisterinnen und (Ober-)Bürgermeister in Hessen, Stand 13.04.2023" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerung in Hessen am 31.12.2022 nach Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. June 2023.
  3. ^ "Kommunalwahlen 2016 in Hessen". Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt (in German). Retrieved 3 March 2021.