Lützelbach
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Location
The community lies in the northern OdenwaldOdenwald
The Odenwald is a low mountain range in Hesse, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg in Germany.- Location :The Odenwald lies between the Upper Rhine Rift Valley with the Bergstraße and the Hessisches Ried in the west, the Main and the Bauland in the east, the Hanau-Seligenstadt Basin – a subbasin of...
on the Hesse-Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
boundary in a richly wooded setting.
Neighbouring communities
Lützelbach borders in the north on the town of BreubergBreuberg
Breuberg is a town in the Odenwaldkreis in Hesse, Germany, 28 km east of Darmstadt, and 20 km southwest of Aschaffenburg.- Neighbouring communities :...
and the town of Obernburg, in the east on the towns of Wörth am Main
Wörth am Main
Wörth am Main is a town in the Miltenberg district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia in Bavaria, Germany.- Location :...
and Klingenberg
Klingenberg am Main
Klingenberg am Main is a town in the Miltenberg district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia in Bavaria, Germany.- Location :...
(all three in Miltenberg district
Miltenberg (district)
Miltenberg is an administrative district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by the city of Aschaffenburg, the districts of Aschaffenburg and Main-Spessart, and the states of Baden-Württemberg and Hesse .-History:During the Middle Ages there was continuous...
in Bavaria), in the south on the towns of Michelstadt
Michelstadt
Michelstadt in the Odenwald is a town in the Odenwaldkreis in southern Hesse, Germany between Darmstadt and Heidelberg.- Location :Michelstadt is the biggest town in the Odenwaldkreis and borders on the district seat of Erbach....
and Bad König
Bad König
Bad König is a town and resort in the central Odenwald in the Odenwaldkreis in Hesse, Germany, 29 km southeast of Darmstadt.- Neighbouring communities :...
and in the west on the community of Höchst
Höchst im Odenwald
Höchst im Odenwald is a community in the Odenwaldkreis in Hesse, Germany.-Location:Höchst lies 25 km east of Darmstadt, in the northern Odenwald at elevations between 175 and 400 m....
.
Constituent communities
Lützelbach’s Ortsteile are Lützel-Wiebelsbach (the community’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 on 26 March 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 Social Democratic Party of Germany The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in 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 | |||
Mayor
In the runoff electionTwo-round system
The two-round system is a voting system used to elect a single winner where the voter casts a single vote for their chosen candidate...
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)Offenbach-Bieber
Bieber is a village situated in Hesse, Germany, with a total population of 14,761 as of 2004. Since 1938 it has been a part of Offenbach. Its geographical location is 50.089 north 8.803 east....
, died 2005)
Culture and sightseeing
Worth seeing is the course of the Neckar-Odenwald-LimesLimes
A limes was a border defense or delimiting system of Ancient Rome. It marked the boundaries of the Roman Empire.The Latin noun limes had a number of different meanings: a path or balk delimiting fields, a boundary line or marker, any road or path, any channel, such as a stream channel, or any...
with the watchtower foundations and the castrum
Castra
The Latin word castra, with its singular castrum, was used by the ancient Romans to mean buildings or plots of land reserved to or constructed for use as a military defensive position. The word appears in both Oscan and Umbrian as well as in Latin. It may have descended from Indo-European to Italic...
remains.