Ottersweier

Ottersweier is a municipality in Baden -Württemberg and belongs to the district of Rastatt.

• 2.1 religions
• 2.2 Amalgamations

• 3.1 municipal
• 3.2 Mayor
• 3.3 Coat of Arms
• 3.4 partnerships

• 4.1 traffic
• 4.2 Education

• 5.1 freeman
• 5.2 Sons and daughters of the town

Geographical location

Ottersweier is located in the Upper Rhine Plain between the Black Forest and the Rhine, 2.5 km south of Buhl (Baden).

Community structure

The municipality consists of the villages Ottersweier capital Ottersweier and district Unzhurst. The two districts also form residential areas within the meaning of Baden-Württemberg municipal code.

For the district capital Ottersweier includes the villages of Otter Weier and Hatzenweier, the hamlet Münchhof, Walzfeld and Weier, the tines clay court, Eckgraben, imprisonment and hard, the places Aspichhof, Weier, stroke and Hundseck and the house Stiti. At the district Unzhurst includes the villages Unzhurst, headwater and cell and the hamlet of Broad Hurst. In the area of the district capital Ottersweier are the waste places of Lower Mayrhofen, Rod, Sedenhofen, Wolfenweiler and Wolfsbühl. In the area of the district lies the deserted village Unzhurst Elle prince.

History

1774 moved the Countess Dowager Maria Victoria Pauline d'Arenberg their residence from Baden -Baden to Ottersweier to establish a convent school of the Augustinian choir women in the former residence house of the Jesuits. In the convent school young girls learned skills they need as future mothers and educators.

Ottersweier long belonged to the district of Bühl and came to its dissolution in 1973 the district of Rastatt.

Religions

The Margraviate of Baden -Baden had already changed during the 16th century by the then applicable law lord seven times the religious denomination. In 1622 the strict Catholic Margrave William of Baden took over the government, which in turn made ​​use of his right and his hereditary land back led to the Catholic Church, the eighth time - Ottersweier has since dominated Catholic. But there is also a country church and a free evangelical church ( Ark Otter Weier ) in place.

Incorporations

The municipality comprises the district areas of the formerly independent communities of Otter Weier ( with the tines of stroke, imprisonment, hard, rolling field and Oberhatzenweier ) Hatzenweier ( Unterhatzenweier ) Unzhurst ( with the rod community wide Hurst ), headwater and cell. 1936 was without a council resolution or referendum by the dictates of the former Gauleiter the community Hatzenweier affiliated with Ottersweier. The same thing happened with the communities headwater and cell; they went on in the community Unzhurst. In the wake of local government reform in Baden -Württemberg Unzhurst decided to inclusion in the community Ottersweier, which took place on 1 January 1972.

Policy

The municipality is a member of the Agreed administrative community of the city of Bühl.

Parish council

The council includes in addition to the chairman and mayor of 19 members. The local elections of 7 June 2009 brought in a turnout of 56.39 % following result:

Mayor

Coat of arms

Blazon: In the red shields on a black Three Mountain ( Schwarzenberg ) a golden ciborium ( dish chalice, symbolizing the parish ) accompanied by two silver stars.

Partnerships

Ottersweier maintains good partnerships with Westerlo in the Belgian Flanders since 1962 and the Saxon Krauschwitz in Upper Lusatia since 1989. Partnering with Krauschwitz resulted from the time the same ZIP code 7583rd

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

While crossing the Rhine Valley line Ottersweier, however, the train station, even though he is a railway Deutsche Bahn, no platforms and is not used to transport passengers. In Ottersweier station only track change the Stadtbahn Karlsruhe direction Bühl (Baden) take place, which are listed as empty trips.

Ottersweier is connected by the highway 3 to the national road network; through the village leads the old main road 3rd The bus lines 262, 264, 266, 269 and 7135 connect Ottersweier in public transport with the train stations Offenburg, Achern and Bühl (Baden).

Education

In Ottersweier there with Maria- Victoria School, a primary and secondary school with Werkrealschule and another elementary school in the district Unzhurst. With the moss country school there is also a special school with professional grade and BVE. In addition, there are four kindergartens in the city.

Personalities

Freeman

Sons and daughters of the town

• Bernhard Friedmann (* 1932), German politician ( CDU), Member of Parliament, President of the European Court of Auditors.
• Ursula Dethleffs (1933-1994), German artist.