Ochtersum

This article describes the community Ochtersum in the district of Wittmund, for the district of the same name in Hildesheim see Ochtersum (Hildesheim)

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	Coordinates: 53 ° 37 '  N , 7 ° 32'  E
Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Wittmund
Joint municipality :	Holtriem
Height :	4 m above sea level NHN
Area :	10.82 km 2
Residents:	882 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	82 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	26489
Area code :	04975
License plate :	WTM
Community key :	03 4 62 012
Address of the municipal administration:	Am Rendel 8 26489 Ochtersum
Website :	www.gemeinde-ochtersum.de
Mayor :	Franz Pfaff (FWG)
Location of the community Ochtersum in the district of Wittmund

Ochtersum is a municipality in the integrated community of Holtriem in the East Frisian district of Wittmund , Lower Saxony . The municipality had about 950 inhabitants in 2004 and covers a total area of ​​10.82 square kilometers.

geography

location

Ochtersum is ten kilometers west of Esens on state road 6 between Holtgast and Utarp .

Community structure

The districts are Barkholt , Ostochtersum and Westochtersum .

history

The first documentary mention dates back to the year 1411. The St. Materniani Church Westochtersum was built between 1260 and 1270. Before the dike in northern areas, the North Sea could reach the church when the tide was high .

Only the hull of the former Turmholländer windmill remains today. It was built in 1911 instead of a post mill.

Today's community Ochtersum was created on July 1, 1972 from the merger of the two communities Ostochtersum and Westochtersum .

politics

Municipal council

The council of the municipality of Ochtersum consists of nine council members and councilors. This is the specified number for the member municipality of an integrated municipality with a population between 501 and 1000 inhabitants. The nine councilors are elected by local elections for five years each. The current term of office began on November 1, 2016 and ends on October 31, 2021.

The last local election on September 11, 2016 resulted in the following:

Political party	Proportional votes	Number of seats	Change voices	Change seats
FWG	74.78%	7th	−23.02%	−2
Alliance 90 / The Greens	18.39%	1	+ 18.39%	+1
FDP	4.42%	0	+ 4.42%	0
Individual applicants	2.38%	0	+ 2.38%	0

The turnout in the 2016 local elections was 54.52%, below the Lower Saxony average of 55.5%. For comparison - in the previous local election on September 11, 2011, the turnout was 53.20%.

mayor

The council elected council member Franz Pfaff (FWG) as honorary mayor for the current electoral term.

Attractions

See also : List of architectural monuments in Ochtersum

• Westochtersumer church from the 13th century

Web links

Commons : Ochtersum  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Holtriem municipality

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019  ( help ).
2. ↑ Law on the reorganization of the communities in the Emden - Norden - Aurich - Wittmund area of June 23, 1971
3. ^ Lower Saxony Municipal Constitutional Law (NKomVG) in the version of December 17, 2010; Section 46 - Number of MPs , accessed on December 30, 2016
4. ↑ ^{a b} Municipality of Ochtersum - overall results of the 2016 municipal council election , accessed on December 30, 2016
5. ↑ The CDU gets the most votes nationwide. September 12, 2016, accessed December 30, 2016 . 
6. ↑ The municipalities of the Holtriem municipality , accessed on May 6, 2019.