Lötzbeuren
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Location of Lötzbeuren within Bernkastel-Wittlich district
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| Coordinates: 49°56′17″N 7°13′14″E / 49.93806°N 7.22056°ECoordinates: 49°56′17″N 7°13′14″E / 49.93806°N 7.22056°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Bernkastel-Wittlich |
| Municipal assoc. | Traben-Trarbach |
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| • Mayor | Klaus Reitz (SPD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 10.20 km2 (3.94 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 430 m (1,410 ft) |
| Population (2015-12-31) | |
| • Total | 449 |
| • Density | 44/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Postal codes | 56843 |
| Dialling codes | 06543 |
| Vehicle registration | WIL |
| Website | www.loetzbeuren.de |
Lötzbeuren is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
The municipality lies in the Hunsrück and belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Traben-Trarbach, whose seat is in the like-named town. Nearby lies Frankfurt-Hahn Airport.
About Lötzbeuren’s mediaeval history, little is known for sure. Until the 18th century, it was a bone of contention between the Palatine and Badish joint lords of the County of Sponheim as to whether the village lay in the “Further” or “Hinder” County. In 1332, Lötzbeuren was under the Further County’s ownership, but seems to have transferred to the Hinder County by 1417. Nevertheless, the Further County’s lords time and again tried to assert their rights, especially Baden, which claimed Lötzbeuren for the Further County and as of 1707 regarded it as a Badish possession without, however, having any lasting success. In 1776, Baden finally forsook the village in Palatinate-Zweibrücken’s favour. At the same time, however, there was also a dispute with the Electorate of Trier over who held sovereignty. Since Electoral-Trier serfs were the overwhelming majority of the population, Trier deemed the village to be among its holdings. Moreover, there were further claims by other lords, making the situation quite convoluted. It is known that about the year 1637, Lötzbeuren had 36 townsmen, of whom 16 were of Electoral-Trier origin, 7 of Sponheim origin, 4 each of Palatinate-Simmern, Rhinegravial and Oberstein origin and one of Schmidtburg origin. Worth noting, however, is that only two of these were not Lutheran. One of the Sponheimers was Catholic and one of the Palatinate-Simmern townsmen was Reformed. It is therefore easy to see that Palatinate-Birkenfeld, the more influential of the Hinder County’s two joint lords eventually managed to assert itself, at least in the ecclesiastical sphere. It cannot be said, though, exactly when and how the Reformation was introduced into Lötzbeuren, but it might well have been not long after 1557, when the Hinder County of Sponheim saw the Reformation in. To this day, Lötzbeuren is an Evangelical community.
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