Lüttringhausen is a district of the

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town of

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with a population of 17,857 in 2005; 11,829 in 1905; 13,560, mostly

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, in 1910.

Overview

It was founded around the year 1189. At this time, Lüttringhausen belonged to the

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. In 1929, Lüttringhausen was incorporated in the municipality of Remscheid. Remscheid prison of is in Lüttringhausen, as well as a large Protestant psychiatric hospital called '' Stiftung Tannenhof''. The

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passes Lüttringhausen, offering two junctions: ("Ronsdorf-Lüttringhausen" and "Lüttringhausen-Lennep"). There are many notable churches in Lüttringhausen, the oldest of which is a Protestant church built in 1735. Its architecture is considered a Baroque architectural masterpiece typical of the regional style found around "

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". The town hall, built in 1907, is also well-known.

Adolf Clarenbach Adolf Clarenbach (or Klarenbach) (c. 1497 – 28 September 1529), burnt at the stake in Cologne, died as one of the first Protestant martyrs of the Reformation in the Lower Rhine region in Germany. Life Adolf Clarenbach was born shortly before ...

, one of the first

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s on the

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, was born on the "Buscherhof" in Lüttringhausen around the year 1497. He was

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on September 28, 1529 because of his activities as a reformer. Every year on the first Sunday in

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the Christmas fair in Lüttringhausen is visited by many thousands of people.

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