Otterfing

Otterfing is the northernmost municipality in the Upper Bavarian district Miesbach and lies in the southern catchment area of Munich.

  • 8.1 monuments
  • 8.2 associations 8.2.1 Music
  • 8.2.2 Sport
  • 9.1 kindergartens
  • 9.2 schools
  • 9.3 Students lunchtime supervision

Geography

Otterfing is on Endmoränenhügeln the last ice age in the alpine foothills overlooking the Mangfallgebirge. The village Otterfing located in the middle of Upper Bavaria at the federal highway 13, just 4 km north of wooden churches directly on the southern boundary of the district of Munich. In the north Hofoldinger forestry limits the municipality. After the dissolution of this forest area as unincorporated territory parts of it were added to 1 January 2011 Otterfing.

In the city of Munich is 30 km away, to the city of Mies Bach 23 km, to Wolfratshausen 21 km, 22 km to Bad Tölz and to Rosenheim 37 km.

History

Archaeological finds prove the settlement already in the Celtic period. 1942, the body of a woman grave dating from the late Roman period was discovered (about 350-355 AD) in excavation near the station. Among other grave goods also a coin from the reign of Constantius II was recovered from 1.30 meters depth.

Documented Otterfing was first mentioned in 1003 in a traditional book of the Tegernsee monastery as " Otolvinga ". After many different spellings of the place is called already in 1568 in the Bavarian, country tables of Philipp Apian as Otterfing.

An independent municipality is Otterfing since the administrative reforms in Bavaria from 1818.

Until July 1, 1972 Otterfing belonged to the former county Wolfratshausen. When it was merged with the district of Bad Tölz to Otterfing joined the Miesbach.

Districts

Besides Otterfing itself there are five districts:

  • Bergham, about 0.5 km west of the town center
  • Heigenkam, about 2.4 km north-west
  • Holzham, about 0.7 km south-east
  • Palnkam, approximately 1.6 km southwest of the town center and 1 km west of the state road 13
  • Wettlkam, about 2.2 km north-west

Population Development

On the territory of the municipality were 1818 435, 1875 629 and then counted 768 inhabitants in 1945. Due to the influx of displaced persons of World War II, the number nearly doubled to 1,492 in 1950. As a stop on the Munich S-Bahn was a rapid development: 1975 2.489 in 2000 and then 4,122 inhabitants. The end of 2009 were counted 4,422 citizens.

Policy

Parish council

After the last local elections on 16 March 2014, the council has 16 members. The turnout was 65.3 %. The choice was as follows:

Another member and chairman of the municipal council is the mayor.

Coat of arms

Otterfing leads only since 1972 its own coat of arms.

It shows on a blue background above the three golden crowns of the Tegernsee monastery. In the middle two silver ibex from the arms are to be seen those short of Senftenau, which comes from the comital Valley. Tegernsee Valley and were up to the community in 1818 Education major landowners at the site.

The golden bow down symbolizes the devil ditch, a dry valley south of Otterfing, once abflossen the melt water of the Isar- Loisach glacier in the.

Traffic

Otterfing is on the railway line from Munich to wooden churches and is directly connected to the Munich S-Bahn line S3, which runs every 20 or 40 minutes towards Munich and wooden churches. Served Bayerische Oberland Bahn Otterfing subordinated to the rush hours.

Through the town into Nord-/Südrichtung the federal highway 13, the Federal Highway 8 is three kilometers east of the town centers are removed; the next junction Sauerlach in the north can be reached in ten and wooden churches in the South five miles.

Religions

Approximately 59 % of the population is Roman Catholic, 14% Protestant; about 27 % belong to any or belong to a different faith community.

Parish church and landmark Otter Fings is St. George. Affiliated churches have the districts Bergham (St. Valentine ) and Wettlkam ( Holy Cross ).

The United Methodist Church has in Otterfing a worship center.

Culture and sights

Monuments

List of monuments in Otterfing

Clubs

  • Burschenverein Otterfing
  • Volunteer Fire Otterfing
  • Gartenbauverein
  • Gebirgstrachten Conservation Association " D ' devil Graber ".
  • Beekeepers Association
  • Veterans and Veterans' Association Otterfing - Baiernrain

Music

  • Musikverein Otterfing

Sports

  • Club de Budo
  • Riding Club Wettlkam
  • Riding and Vaulting friends Oberland
  • Schützengesellschaft Otterfing
  • Gymnastic and sporting club Otterfing
  • DAV- section Otterfing

Regular events

  • Carnival ball dance on the Vesuvius, since 1980 on Carnival Saturday
  • Carnival on Shrove Tuesday
  • Otter finger Village Festival, three days in late July / early August
  • Otter Finger Challenge Cup, since 2002, bestbesetztes U-13 football tournament in South Germany
  • South Tyrolean wine festival, since 1978, three days on the first weekend in September
  • Christmas market on the fourth Sunday of Advent

Education

There are the following facilities (as of 2010):

Kindergartens

  • House for children, community nursery
  • Montessori nursery and creche
  • Catholic Kindergarten St. Georg

Train

  • Primary school Otterfing

Students lunchtime supervision

  • Swallow e.V.
  • Rappelkiste e.V.

Personalities

Freeman

  • Anna Rambeck (1920-2002), a teacher in Otterfing 1942-1975
  • Walter Ullmann (1926-2012), municipal council from 1972 to 1995, and in 1947 founded the VdK local association and its chairman from 1947 to 2006

Personalities who live in Otterfing

  • Katja Ebstein ( born 1945 ), singer and actress who lives and works in the district Wettlkam
  • Klaus Naumann ( born 1939 ), former general of the army of the German Armed Forces, 1991-1996 General Staff of the Bundeswehr
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