Osterzhausen

Osterzhausen Market Pöttmes Coordinates: 48 ° 33 ′ 35 ″  N , 10 ° 59 ′ 24 ″  E
Height :	451 m
Residents :	287  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Incorporation :	January 1, 1978
Postal code :	86554
Area code :	08276

Osterzhausen is a parish village and part of the market Pöttmes in the district of Aichach-Friedberg , which belongs to the administrative district of Swabia in Bavaria .

geography

Osterzhausen is located southwest of Pöttmes on the plateau of the Lower Lechrain of the Aindlinger terrace staircase . In terms of natural space, it belongs to the Donau-Iller-Lech-Platte , which in turn is part of the Alpine foothills , one of the main natural spatial units in Germany .

The place is in the valley of the Kleine Paar , which rises near Osterzhausen at the foot of the Posteig and flows from there first through Osterzhausen and then further north.

Osterzhausen is located on the north-west-south-east running state road St 2047 from Rain to Aichach .

The neighboring towns of Osterzhausen are the Thierhaupten districts of Hölzlarn , Sparmannseck and Neukirchen in the southwest and west, the Baar district of Heimpersdorf in the north, Ebenried in the east, the Petersdorf district of Axtbrunn in the south and the Aindling district of Eisingersdorf in the south-southwest.

history

The name Osterzhausen comes from the houses of Osterolt or houses of the Osterwalt . It was first mentioned in 1230.

The Catholic parish of Sankt Michael belongs to the parish community Pöttmes in the deanery of Aichach-Friedberg in the diocese of Augsburg. The parish church of St. Johannes Baptist in neighboring Heimpersdorf also belongs to the parish .

Until July 1, 1972, Osterzhausen belonged to the district of Aichach as an independent municipality and then fell to the newly founded district of Aichach-Friedberg with the regional reform in Bavaria , which was called the district of Augsburg-Ost until May 1, 1973 . On January 1st, 1978 the place was incorporated into the market Pöttmes.

Attractions

• Parish church Sankt Michael with high altar painting by Johann Baptist Anwander , 1792

literature

• Wilhelm Liebhart (Hrsg.): Pöttmes - rule, market and community . 2 vol. Pöttmes 2007 (especially church p. 194 and community history p. 805).

Web links

• Osterzhausen in the location database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bavarian State Library
• Market Pöttmes

Individual evidence

1. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes for 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. 788 .