Lützelbach

Lützelbach
Coat of arms
Lützelbach
Location of Lützelbach within Odenwaldkreis district
Coordinates: 49°47′18″N 9°4′31″E / 49.78833°N 9.07528°E / 49.78833; 9.07528Coordinates: 49°47′18″N 9°4′31″E / 49.78833°N 9.07528°E / 49.78833; 9.07528
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Darmstadt
District	Odenwaldkreis
Government
• Mayor	Uwe Olt
Area
• Total	35.46 km2 (13.69 sq mi)
Elevation	278 m (912 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	6,910
• Density	190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	64750
Dialling codes	06165, 09372, 06066
Vehicle registration	ERB
Website	www.luetzelbach.de

Lützelbach (Pronunciation: ˈlʏtsəlˌbax) is a community in the Odenwaldkreis (district) in Hesse, Germany.

The community lies in the northern Odenwald on the Hesse-Bavaria boundary in a richly wooded setting.

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.

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.

The municipal election held in 2001 and 2006 yielded the following results:

Elections in 2016

In the runoff election on 27 February 2005, Uwe Olt (SPD) was elected mayor with 56.6% of the vote.

Spiritual Adviser Joseph Klein, as of 16 November 1987 (born 1913 in Bieber (now Offenbach), died 2005)

Worth seeing is the course of the Neckar-Odenwald Limes with the watchtower foundations and the castrum remains.