Lützelbach (ˈ) is a municipality in the Odenwaldkreis (district) in Hesse, Germany.
Geography
Location The municipality lies in the northern Odenwald on the Hesse-Bavaria boundary in a richly wooded setting.
Neighbouring communities Lützelbach borders in the north on the town of Breuberg and the town of Obernburg, 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 and Bad König and in the west on the community of Höchst.
Constituent communities Lützelbach’s Ortsteile 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: Parties and voter communities %2016 Seats2016 %2011 Seats2011 %2006 Seats2006 %2001 Seats2001CDUChristian Democratic Union of Germany23.4723.5724.1725.98SPDSocial Democratic Party of Germany38.61240.31340.81330.710 ÜWG Überparteiliche Wählergemeinschaft Lützelbach37.91236.21135.11138.812 BfL Bürger für Lützelbach––––––4.61Total100.031100.031100.031100.031Voter turnout in %46.751.747.857.6
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 remains.
References
External links Lützelbach’s official page with map