Ottrau

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Ottrau
Municipality
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Location of Ottrau within Schwalm-Eder-Kreis district
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Ottrau
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Ottrau
Coordinates: 50°48′N09°23′E / 50.800°N 9.383°E / 50.800; 9.383 Coordinates: 50°48′N09°23′E / 50.800°N 9.383°E / 50.800; 9.383
Country Germany
State Hesse
Admin. region Kassel
District Schwalm-Eder-Kreis
Government
 •  Mayor (2021–27) Jonas Korell [1] (CDU)
Area
 • Total48.49 km2 (18.72 sq mi)
Elevation
378 m (1,240 ft)
Population
 (2020-12-31) [2]
 • Total2,146
 • Density44/km2 (110/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.

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Geography

Ottrau lies about 10 km northeast of Alsfeld.

Constituent communities

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

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.

(As of municipal elections held on 26 March 2006)

Town partnership

Personalities

Honorary citizen

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References

  1. ↑ "Ergebnisse der letzten Direktwahl aller hessischen Landkreise und Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. 5 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Bevölkerung in Hessen am 31.12.2020 nach Gemeinden". Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt (in German). June 2021.
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