Lützel (Biebergemünd)
Lützel is a hamlet in the municipality of Biebergemünd in the Main-Kinzig district in southern Hesse . It belongs to the district of Breitenborn / Lützel .
location
The place is surrounded by forest on the Lützelbach in the Spessart Nature Park at an altitude of 248 m above sea level , 6.5 km southeast of Gelnhausen in the Lützelbachtal .
history
Territorial history
In the Middle Ages, Lützel belonged to the Bieber office , since 1333 a condominate between the Counts of Rieneck and the Lords of Hanau , who - including Lützel - each received half of it from Kurmainz as a fief . Historical forms of name were:
- Lotzell (around 1450)
- Lutzeln (1598)
Perhaps the Reformation was introduced as early as 1542 and Lützel became Lutheran . Shortly thereafter, the Counts of Rieneck died out in 1559. Their rights reverted to Kurmainz. The Bieber office - and thus also Lützel - was now a condominium between Kurmainz and the county of Hanau-Münzenberg . This also meant that the "Second Reformation" carried out by Count Philipp Ludwig II in the county of Hanau-Münzenberg, the introduction of the Reformed variant of the Reformation, did not succeed and the Bieber office - and thus Lützel as well - remained Lutheran, in stark contrast to the rest of the county of Hanau-Munzenberg. In 1684 the condominium between Mainz and Hanau was dissolved by a contract: The Bieber office was completely transferred to Hanau together with the Lohrhaupten office . Mainz received the joint office of Partenstein in full. 1736 died with Count Johann Reinhard III. the last count of Hanau and the county of Hanau-Münzenberg fell to the Landgraviate of Hessen-Kassel (from 1803 " Electorate of Hesse "). In 1753 Lützel were united with the neighboring Breitenborn to Breitenborn / Lützel .
For further development see here .
Population development
- 1598: 6 households
- 1753: 30 households with 126 people (including Breitenborn)
Mill
Lützel owned a water mill , called Lützel-Mühle, Weimarsche or Hermannische Mühle. It was located on the southern edge of the hamlet and was operated with the water from the Lützelbach. It was closed shortly after the First World War .
literature
- Willi Klein: On the history of milling in the Main-Kinzig district = Hanauer Geschichtsblätter 40. Hanau 2003, p. 288
- Heinrich Reimer: Historical local dictionary for Kurhessen . Marburg 1926., p. 313
Web links
- "Lützel, Main-Kinzig-Kreis". Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Coordinates: 50 ° 9 ′ 28.4 ″ N , 9 ° 15 ′ 4 ″ E