Lützelbach
Lützelbach
Municipality in Hesse, Germany
Lützelbach (German pronunciation: [lʏtsəlˌbax]ˈ) is a municipality in the Odenwaldkreis (district) in Hesse, Germany.
Lützelbach | |
|---|---|
Location of Lützelbach within Odenwaldkreis district | |
| Coordinates: 49°47′18″N 9°4′31″E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Hesse |
| Admin. region | Darmstadt |
| District | Odenwaldkreis |
| 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 |
| • Density | 190/km2 (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 |
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.
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)
Worth seeing is the course of the Neckar-Odenwald Limes with the watchtower foundations and the castrum remains.
- "Bevölkerung in Hessen am 31.12.2022 nach Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. June 2023.
- "Kommunalwahlen 2016 in Hessen". Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt (in German). Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- Lützelbach’s official page with map (in German)