Lützelbach

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

Lützelbach
Coat of arms
Location of Lützelbach within Odenwaldkreis district
Lützelbach Lützelbach
Coordinates: 49°47′18″N 9°4′31″E
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Darmstadt
District	Odenwaldkreis
Government
• Mayor	Uwe Olt
Area
• Total	35.46 km^2 (13.69 sq mi)
Elevation	278 m (912 ft)
Population  (2019-12-31)[1]
• Total	6,891
• Density	190/km^2 (500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	64750
Dialling codes	06165, 09372, 06066
Vehicle registration	ERB
Website	www.luetzelbach.de

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 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

• CDU: 7
• SPD: 12
• ÜWG: 12

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. "Bevölkerungsstand am 31.12.2019". Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt (in German). July 2020.

External links

• Lützelbach’s official page with map (in German)