Ottersheim bei Landau
Ottersheim at Landau is a municipality in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Bell home.
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Geography
The place is between Germersheim and Landau in der Pfalz in Queichtal. To Ottersheim includes the residential places Eichenhof, Gärtnerhof, Marienhof and Rosenhof.
History
The town was first mentioned in 768 in the Lorsch codex as Udomarsheimer marca documented. About Hudamareshaim, Hoteresheim, Other home then the still valid name was formed by the year 1318.
Religions
2012 were 68.2 percent of the population Catholic and 18.7 percent Protestant. The other belonged to a different religion or no religious affiliation were.
Policy
Parish council
The local council in Ottersheim consists of 16 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 a personalized proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman.
The distribution of seats in the local council:
Mayor
Coat of arms
The blazon of the arms is: "Divided and split up, top right riveted silver and blue, top left in red two silver bars, topped with a black crossbow, down in a Gold provided with a knob-like cones on the lower ring black ring, in the middle of a red star sechsstrahliger floats ".
It was founded in 1954 approved by the Mainz Ministry of Interior. The diamonds symbolize the former belonging to the Palatinate, the colors silver and red are for men of Ochsenstein who exercised the feudal manor in the 14th and 15th centuries and the crossbow comes from the monastery Eußerthal that was since 1311 Patron Lord. The ring goes back to the local court seal from the year 1746.
Culture and sights
The community Ottersheim In 2011, both the types, territory and the state finals in the competition Our village has won the future, making it the Rhineland-Palatinate state champions in 2011.
The Long Road, where most of the villagers of Ottersheim life was portrayed in the SWR on 17 January 2014 in " For this Country " in the National Show Rhineland -Palatinate.
See also: List of cultural monuments in Ottersheim in Landau
Economy and infrastructure
Traffic
East of the municipality runs the federal highway 9, which runs from Karlsruhe to Speyer.