Lützelbach (ˈ) is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in the
Odenwaldkreis (district) in
Hesse
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,
Germany
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.
Geography
Location
The municipality lies in the northern
Odenwald
The Odenwald () is a low mountain range in the Germany, German states of Hesse, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg.
Location
The Odenwald is located between the Upper Rhine Plain with the Bergstraße Route, Bergstraße and the ''Hessisches Ried' ...
on the Hesse-
Bavaria
Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a States of Germany, state in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the list of German states by area, largest German state by land area, comprising approximately 1/5 of the total l ...
boundary in a richly wooded setting.
Neighbouring communities
Lützelbach borders in the north on the town of
Breuberg
Breuberg is a town in the Odenwaldkreis, Odenwaldkreis district of Hesse, Germany. It is 28 km east of Darmstadt and 20 km southwest of Aschaffenburg.
Geography
Location
Breuberg lies in the northern Odenwald.
Neighbouring communi ...
and the town of
Obernburg
Obernburg am Main (, ; officially ''Obernburg a.Main''; South Franconian German, South Franconian: ''Omborsch''), commonly known as Obernburg, is a town in the Miltenberg (district), Miltenberg district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Francon ...
, 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
Michelstadt () in the Odenwald is a town in the Odenwaldkreis (district) in southern Hesse, Germany between Darmstadt and Heidelberg. It has a population of 28,629 people.
Geography
Location
Michelstadt is the biggest town in the Odenwaldkre ...
and
Bad König
Bad König () is a town and resort ('' Kurort'') in the central Odenwald in the Odenwaldkreis (district) in Hesse, Germany, 29 km southeast of Darmstadt.
Geography
Neighbouring communities
Bad König borders in the north on the communit ...
and in the west on the community of
Höchst.
Constituent communities
Lützelbach’s ''
Ortsteil
A village is a human settlement or Residential community, community, larger than a hamlet (place), hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located ...
e'' 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:
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
''Castra'' () is a Latin language, Latin term used during the Roman Republic and Roman Empire for a military 'camp', and ''castrum'' () for a 'Fortification, fort'. Either could refer to a building or plot of land, used as a fortified milita ...
remains.
References
External links
Lützelbach’s official page with map
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Odenwaldkreis