Lützelbach

Basic data
State :	Hesse
Administrative region :	Darmstadt
County :	Odenwaldkreis
Height :	307 m above sea level NHN
Area :	35.44 km 2
Residents:	6891 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	194 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	64750
Primaries :	06165, 09372, 06066
License plate :	ERB
Community key :	06 4 37 010
LOCODE :	DE LTO
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Mainstrasse 1 ; 64750 Lützelbach
Website :	www.luetzelbach.de
Mayor :	Uwe Olt ( SPD )
Location of the community Lützelbach in the Odenwaldkreis

Lützelbach is a municipality in the Odenwaldkreis in southern Hesse . The administrative headquarters are in the largest district of Lützel-Wiebelsbach .

geography

location

The place is located in the northern Odenwald on the Hessian- Bavarian border in a wooded area.

Neighboring communities

Lützelbach borders in the north on the city of Breuberg and the city of Obernburg , in the east on the cities of Wörth am Main and Klingenberg (all 3 districts of Miltenberg in Bavaria ), in the south on the cities of Michelstadt and Bad König and in the west on the municipality of Höchst in the Odenwald .

Community structure

The municipality consists of the following districts:

Lützel-Wiebelsbach (seat of the municipal administration)
Seck walls
Grove
Breitenbrunn : The place with today 830 inhabitants is first mentioned in 1273, but probably goes back to the 11th century.
Rimhorn

history

The history of the development of the municipality of Lützelbach shows how the regional reform in Hesse sometimes only led to a lasting result after several intermediate steps:

On February 1, 1971, the communities Haingrund and Seckmauern merged to form the Steinbachtal community, and the Breitenbrunn community was incorporated into the neighboring community of Lützel-Wiebelsbach. On December 31, 1971, the Rimhorn community was incorporated into the Lützel-Wiebelsbach community by mutual agreement. Then the municipalities Steinbachtal and Lützel-Wiebelsbach were merged with effect from August 1, 1972 to the municipality Lützelwiebelsbach by the law for the reorganization of the district Erbach . One year later, on July 1, 1973, the community was renamed Lützelbach .

religion

The following religions are represented by churches and cultural centers in the community of Lützelbach :

Protestant church
Roman Catholic Church
Islam with the cultural center of the House of Islam

politics

Community representation

The local elections on March 6, 2016 produced the following results, compared to previous local elections:

Distribution of seats in the municipal council 2016 A total of 31 seats SPD : 12 CDU : 7 ÜWG : 12	Parties and constituencies		% 2016	Seats 2016	% 2011	Seats 2011	% 2006	Seats 2006	% 2001	Seats 2001
	SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	38.6	12	40.3	13	40.8	13	30.7	10
	ÜWG	Non-partisan voter community Lützelbach	37.9	12	36.2	11	35.1	11	38.8	12
	CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	23.4	7th	23.5	7th	24.1	7th	25.9	8th
	BfL	Citizens for 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

In the runoff election on February 27, 2005, Uwe Olt (SPD) was elected mayor with 56.6% of the votes and was confirmed in office on March 27, 2011 and January 15, 2017.

badges and flags

coat of arms

Blazon : "In geschachtet split plate right in red a golden blaubekrönter and -bezungter lion left in silver and blue."

The coat of arms of the municipality of Lützelbach was approved on July 5, 1973 by the Hessian Ministry of the Interior . It was designed by the Bad Nauheim heraldist Heinz Ritt .

The coat of arms, like the flag, was taken over from today's district of Lützel-Wiebelsbach. It was introduced in 1962 based on a drawing by Heinz Ritt . It is based on the original coat of arms of the noble family (Reiz von) Breuberg , whose ancestral castle was in Lützelbach.

flag

The flag was approved for the municipality together with the coat of arms by the Hessian Ministry of the Interior and is described as follows:

"The municipal coat of arms is placed on the gold and blue flag cloth in the intersection."

Culture and sights

The course of the Odenwald Limes with watchtower foundations and traces of the Roman forts Lützelbach and Seck walls is well worth seeing . The Pretlack'sche Palais in Rimhorn, built in 1733 in a prominent location above the village by Johann Rudolf Victor von Pretlack, is also of importance as a cultural monument .

Honorary citizen

Spiritual advisor Joseph Klein from November 16, 1987 (* 1913 in Bieber (now Offenbach) , † 2005)

literature

Joseph Klein: Building a Church Today , On the History of the Catholic Parish Seckmauern / Odenwald, Lützelbach 1998, 956 pages
Wolfgang Stapp: "Never forget again!" In memory of the Odenwald anti-fascists, part 4: Persecution and resistance in Lützelbach. In: "gelurt" Odenwälder Yearbook for Culture and History 2011, Erbach 2010.
Heidi Banse: Odenwald-Forum, Ten family history lectures, Heimat- und Geschichtsverein Lützelbach 2013
Literature about Lützelbach in the Hessian Bibliography
Literature by and about Lützelbach in the catalog of the German National Library

Web links

Commons : Lützelbach - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Official website of the community of Lützelbach
Lützelbach, Odenwaldkreis. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Individual evidence

↑ Hessian State Statistical Office: Population status on December 31, 2019 (districts and urban districts as well as municipalities, population figures based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
↑ Law on the reorganization of the district of Erbach (GVBl. II 330–16) of July 11, 1972 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1972 No. 17 , p. 224 , § 2 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,2 MB ]).
^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 358 and 359 .
^ Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 .

↑ Mayoral election in Lützelbach. Hessian State Statistical Office , accessed in July 2019 .

^ Approval of a coat of arms and a flag for the community of Lützelbach, Odenwaldkreis from July 5, 1973 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1973 No. 30 , p. 1316 , point 926 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 4,2 MB ]).

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-HE-1] Hessian State Statistical Office: Population status on December 31, 2019 (districts and urban districts as well as municipalities, population figures based on the 2011 census) ( help ).

[2] Law on the reorganization of the district of Erbach (GVBl. II 330–16) of July 11, 1972 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1972 No. 17 , p. 224 , § 2 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,2 MB ]).

[3] Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 358 and 359 .

[4] Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 .

[5] Mayoral election in Lützelbach. Hessian State Statistical Office , accessed in July 2019 .

[6] Approval of a coat of arms and a flag for the community of Lützelbach, Odenwaldkreis from July 5, 1973 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1973 No. 30 , p. 1316 , point 926 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 4,2 MB ]).