Otter, Germany
Otter is a municipality in the district of Harburg, in Tostedt and a municipality in Lower Saxony.
- 2.1 Amalgamations
- 3.1 municipal
- 3.2 Mayor
- 3.3 Coat of Arms
- 4.1 Public bodies
- 4.2 Education
- 5.1 additional personalities associated with the community
Geography
Geographical Location
Otter is located south of Hamburg in the extreme northwest of the Lüneburg Heath. There Otter is east of the 101 m high mountain Otter and southwest of the Harburg Hills.
Neighboring communities
- Tostedt
- Wave
- Königsmoor
- Schneverdingen
- Fintel
- Wistedt
Community structure
The municipality includes the villages of Otter Otter, Great Todtshorn, Small Todtshorn and Otter Moor and the Homesteads Wümme reason, kink, Riepshof, and Schillingsbostel.
History
The colonization of the region around Otter can be traced back through prehistoric finds to the second millennium BC.
The oldest known document in which the name "otter" is appeared 1319th In the treasure register of 1497 is written for an unknown reason " otther ". In other documents, there is always named Otter.
Incorporations
The church today is Otter since 1 July 1972. At that time, the independent villages Todtshorn and Otter joined together as part of the Lower Saxon and administrative reform.
Policy
Parish council
The council, which was elected on 11 September 2011, broken down as follows:
- CDU 5 seats
- SPD 2 seats
- UW Otter 3 seats
- BWL Otter 1 seat
(As at municipal election on September 11, 2011)
Mayor
After the local elections in 2001 Peter Luba was elected mayor of the municipality. However, in the wake of internal disputes, he resigned from his post. In the forthcoming election of the mayor came in December 2004, Herbert Busch of the CDU and Gesa Sasse of the UWO against each other. Busch, who was already 1978 to 1996 mayor of the municipality, the support of Council members of the CDU and SPD could be sure. Sasse, the former deputy mayor under Peter Luba, was nominated by the UWO. After Luba obviously his announcement to abstain in the secret ballot, by deeds had follow up, there was a stalemate. Finally, the 62 -year-old Herbert Busch was appointed as the new mayor by drawing lots.
Coat of arms
Blazon: The coat of arms of the municipality Otter shows the shield in a raised green silver three mountain top covered with two blue wavebands below with a green book.
Meaning: The Three mountain is supposed to represent the Otter mountain. The shaft bands are available for the two rivers Oste and Wümme. The landmark of the district Todtshorn is symbolized by the beech ( popularly known as " Napoleon beech ").
Economy and infrastructure
Public institutions
The kindergarten of the community Otter consists of two groups.
Education
In the village there is a primary school
Personalities
More individuals who are connected with the community
- Florence Joy, prominent singer
- Axel Ermes, music producer