Ochtersum (Hildesheim)

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Ochtersum
City of Hildesheim
Coat of arms of Ochtersum
Coordinates: 52 ° 8 ′ 0 ″  N , 9 ° 57 ′ 0 ″  E
Area : 3.48 km²
Residents : 8544  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 2,455 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st February 1971
Area code : 05121
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Location of Ochtersum in Hildesheim
Catholic Church of St. Altfried
In the old village of Ochtersum.
Former Parish Church of St.Godehard (closed since 1978).

Ochtersum is a village in the south of Hildesheim . The fact that it now has almost 9,000 inhabitants is primarily due to the steadily growing development areas that already touch the city limits. From the neighboring locality Barienrode the municipality Diekholzen Ochtersum is separated only by a narrow strip of arable land, so that the growth reached its limits.

history

The first known documentary mention of Ochtersum comes from a document dated to 1132. In it a Conradus de Ochtereshem appears as a documentary witness. The name "Ochtereshem" can be derived as the "home of Ochtger" or "Ortger". This personal name can mean "quick spear". The settlement appeared in documents as the seat of a Hildesheim ministerial family. The street name Am Burghof probably reminds of the knight's seat there.

The residents were parish in Lucienvörde near today's Vier Linden , where the St. Stephen's Chapel stood. The town's coat of arms in Ochtersum still contains the Lucienvörde Church, which stood in the open until the 19th century.

At the census of 1895 there were 369 people in Ochtersum.

The amicable incorporation took place on February 1, 1971, three years before numerous other incorporations made Hildesheim a city.

The village belonged to the small monastery of Hildesheim and was therefore always Catholic. Due to the influx of many expellees after 1945 and the general population exchange with other Hildesheim districts, the Catholics are now likely to have lost the majority of the population.

On December 31, 2018, Ochtersum had 8,557 inhabitants.

politics

Ochtersum is represented by a local council of eleven.

Local mayor is Ulrich Kumme (CDU).

Culture and sights

Economy and Infrastructure

Companies

In Ochtersum there are two commercial areas, a smaller one in the north with a supermarket and other smaller shops, and a larger one in the south with several smaller supermarkets, a wholesale market and other shops.

On the strip of field between Ochtersum-Süd and Barienrode - but still on Hildesheim territory - an even larger industrial area is currently being built. A hardware store with a garden center has already opened in this area. Furthermore, a new wholesale market is planned here to replace the previous one in Ochtersum.

education

There is a secondary school and a primary school in Ochtersum.

traffic

Two of the six main bus routes of the Hildesheim city traffic end in Ochtersum . Line 2 connects the north of the city with the south-west of Ochtersum, line 5 leads from Hildesheim main station to the new development areas in the south of Ochtersum. In addition, branch line 9 ends at the Renataschule (secondary school) in Ochtersum.

The federal road 243 borders Ochtersum in the east and connects the place with the Hildesheim city center via the Alfelder Straße. The largest leisure area in Hildesheim is to the east of the B 243. In addition to the Hohnsensee and two outdoor pools, there are also several sports fields from Hildesheim's sports clubs.

literature

  • Helmut von Jan: Bishop, City and Citizen. Essays on the history of Hildesheim . Bernward, Hildesheim 1985, ISBN 3-87065-375-2 .
  • Ute Hartel: Ochtersum. From the monastery village to the Hildesheim district. A contribution to the development history of the area around the city of Hildesheim . Hildesheim City Archives, Hildesheim 1997, ISBN 3-931987-04-3 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Population of the city of Hildesheim as of December 31, 2019. In: hildesheim.de. Hildesheim Marketing GmbH, accessed on June 3, 2020 .
  2. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 204 .
  3. ↑ Population of the city of Hildesheim as of December 31, 2018. City of Hildesheim City Office Statistics, December 31, 2018, accessed on March 1, 2019 .
  4. ^ Local councilor Ochtersum
  5. ^ Parish of St. Mauritius: History of the Catholic community in Hildesheim / Ochtersum: from St. Stephanus, through the Marienkapelle, St. Godehard to St. Altfried today.