Ottrau

Ottrau
Ottrau
Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Location of Ottrau within Schwalm-Eder-Kreis district
	Ottrau Ottrau
	Coordinates: 50°48′N 09°23′E / 50.800°N 9.383°E
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Kassel
District	Schwalm-Eder-Kreis
Government
• Mayor (2021–27)	Jonas Korell (CDU)
Area
• Total	48.49 km2 (18.72 sq mi)
Elevation	378 m (1,240 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	2,164
• Density	45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	34633
Dialling codes	06639
Vehicle registration	HR
Website	www.ottrau.de

Ottrau is a municipality in the Schwalm-Eder-Kreis in Hesse, Germany.

Geography

Ottrau lies about 10 km northeast of Alsfeld.

Constituent communities

The community of Ottrau is made up of six constituent communities:

Ottrau: 730 inhabitants
Immichenhain: 605 inhabitants
Weißenborn: 377 inhabitants
Görzhain: 374 inhabitants
Schorbach: 348 inhabitants
Kleinropperhausen: 64 inhabitants

History

The constituent community of Weißenborn had its first documentary mention in 1307 under the name Wisenburn. It was later also named Wiesenbrunn and the name that it has today comes from that.

Amalgamations

The Greater Community of Ottrau has consisted since Hesse's municipal reform in 1972 of the six formerly independent communities of Ottrau, Immichenhain, Weißenborn, Görzhain, Schorbach und Kleinropperhausen.

Politics

Municipal council

Ottrau's municipal council is made up of 15 councillors.

CDU 6 seats
SPD 4 seats
FWG (citizens' coalition) 3 seats
UWG (citizens' coalition) 2 seats

(As of municipal elections held on 26 March 2006)

Town partnership

Drávafok, Hungary

Personalities

Honorary citizen

Dr. Wilhelm Schäfer, poet and writer, became an honorary citizen on the occasion of his 70th birthday in 1938. Ottrau's primary school is also named after him.

References

^ "Ergebnisse der letzten Direktwahl aller hessischen Landkreise und Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. 5 September 2022.
^ "Bevölkerung in Hessen am 31.12.2022 nach Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. June 2023.

External links

Official website (in German)

[1] "Ergebnisse der letzten Direktwahl aller hessischen Landkreise und Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. 5 September 2022.

[2] "Bevölkerung in Hessen am 31.12.2022 nach Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. June 2023.

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