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Ottrau

Coordinates: 50°48′N 09°23′E / 50.800°N 9.383°E / 50.800; 9.383
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Ottrau
Municipality
Coat of arms of Ottrau
Coat of arms
Location of Ottrau within Schwalm-Eder-Kreis district
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Ottrau is located in Germany
Ottrau
Ottrau
Ottrau is located in Hesse
Ottrau
Ottrau
Coordinates: 50°48′N 09°23′E / 50.800°N 9.383°E / 50.800; 9.383
CountryGermany
StateHesse
Admin. regionKassel
DistrictSchwalm-Eder-Kreis
Government
 • MayorNorbert Miltz
Area
 • Total48.49 km2 (18.72 sq mi)
Elevation
378 m (1,240 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[1]
 • Total2,164
 • Density45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
34633
Dialling codes06639
Vehicle registrationHR
Websitewww.ottrau.de

Ottrau is a community in the Schwalm-Eder-Kreis in Hesse, Germany.

Geography

Ottrau lies about 10 km northeast of Alsfeld.

Constituent communities

The community of Ottrau is made up of six constituent communities:

  • Ottrau: 730 inhabitants
  • Immichenhain: 605 inhabitants
  • Weißenborn: 377 inhabitants
  • Görzhain: 374 inhabitants
  • Schorbach: 348 inhabitants
  • Kleinropperhausen: 64 inhabitants

History

The constituent community of Weißenborn had its first documentary mention in 1307 under the name Wisenburn. It was later also named Wiesenbrunn and the name that it has today comes from that.

Amalgamations

The Greater Community of Ottrau has consisted since Hesse's municipal reform in 1972 of the six formerly independent communities of Ottrau, Immichenhain, Weißenborn, Görzhain, Schorbach und Kleinropperhausen.

Politics

Municipal council

Ottrau's municipal council is made up of 15 councillors.

  • CDU 6 seats
  • SPD 4 seats
  • FWG (citizens' coalition) 3 seats
  • UWG (citizens' coalition) 2 seats

(As of municipal elections held on 26 March 2006)

Town partnership

Personalities

Honorary citizen

  • Dr. Wilhelm Schäfer, poet and writer, became an honorary citizen on the occasion of his 70th birthday in 1938. Ottrau's primary school is also named after him.

References

  1. ^ "Bevölkerung in Hessen am 31.12.2022 nach Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. June 2023.
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