Ottstedt am Berge

Ottstedt the mountain is a municipality in the western part of the Weimar area and part of the joint management Gram Metal in Thuringia.

Geography

The municipality is situated approximately 10 km north-east of the regional capital Erfurt and 10 km north- west of Weimar on the southwestern slope of the Etter hill on which stood the Buchenwald concentration camp. The slope is composed of numerous paddocks and was opened up to tourists in recent years.

Neighboring municipalities are Hopfgarten, low rooms, Olle village, Berlstedt and the city of Weimar.

History

The territory of Ottstedt a mountain was inhabited in the Neolithic period. Along the gully God ditch on the western slope of the mountain between Etter Ottstedt and the top of the mountain prehistoric stone tools were found. The first documentary mention as Odestat dates from the year 876, was held in Ingelsheimer protocol and carried out in connection with the tithe dispute between the Archbishop of Mainz and the monastery of Fulda. Other name of the place were: Odenstat, Odenstet and Utstete. The link with the Germanic god Odin is very close.

Until 1815 ran through the middle of Ottstedt the boundary between the Electorate of Mainz city of Erfurt and the Ducal Saxe-Weimar, and the venue was two fold. In a village fire 1820 33 homes and most barns were destroyed, but the church remained intact.

In the years after reunification, the village was rehabilitated. The measures covered, inter alia, the renovation of several farms and estates in the lower and upper village, road and sewer construction, the redesign of the village square and the monument. The baroque church Ottstedter was affected by the construction work.

Policy

The council consists of six members, including the mayor, which were determined at the local elections on 27 June 2004. Two seats has the FFW Ottstedt a.i. pause, two more of the village club Ottstedt aB and the remaining two seats are distributed among a citizen list.

Village Church

War memorial