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 German states of Hesse, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg.
Location
The Odenwald is located between the Upper Rhine Plain with the Bergstraße and the ''Hessisches Ried'' (the northeastern se ...
on the Hesse-
Bavaria
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boundary in a richly wooded setting.
Neighbouring communities
Lützelbach borders in the north on the town of
Breuberg and the town of
Obernburg
Obernburg am Main (officially ''Obernburg a.Main'', short version: ''Obernburg,'' ) is a town in the Miltenberg district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany. It has a population of around 8,500.
...
, 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
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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
In the
runoff election
The two-round system (TRS), also known as runoff voting, second ballot, or ballotage, is a voting method used to elect a single candidate, where voters cast a single vote for their preferred candidate. It generally ensures a majoritarian resul ...
on 27 February 2005, Uwe Olt (SPD) was elected mayor with 56.6% of the vote. He was re-elected in 2011 and 2017.
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
In the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, the Latin word ''castrum'', plural ''castra'', was a military-related term.
In Latin usage, the singular form ''castrum'' meant 'fort', while the plural form ''castra'' meant 'camp'. The singular and ...
remains.
References
External links
Lützelbach’s official page with map
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Odenwaldkreis