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Country
  
Germany

Admin. region
  
Kassel

Elevation
  
378 m (1,240 ft)

Area
  
48.49 km²

Local time
  
Tuesday 2:53 AM

Dialling code
  
06639

State
  
Hesse

District
  
Schwalm-Eder-Kreis

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Population
  
2,357 (30 Jun 2009)

Postal code
  
34633

Administrative region
  
Kassel

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Weather
  
3°C, Wind SE at 10 km/h, 69% Humidity

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

Contents

Map of 34633 Ottrau, 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.

    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

    • 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

    Ottrau Wikipedia
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