Ottenheim (Weilerswist)

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Ottenheim
community Weilerswist
Coordinates: 50 ° 42 ′ 18 ″  N , 6 ° 48 ′ 59 ″  E
Height : 150 m above sea level NHN
Postal code : 53919
Area code : 02251

Ottenheim is a district of the community of Weilerswist in the district of Euskirchen , North Rhine-Westphalia and, together with Hausweiler , Derkum and Schneppenheim, forms the statistical locality of Hausweiler-Derkum with 1,703 inhabitants.

location

Ottenheim (Weilerswist) with Erft

The place is at the southern end of the municipality on the state road 194 (formerly B 51 ) between Weilerswist and Euskirchen . The Euskirchen industrial area IPAS borders the town in the south and the Erft flows in the west . To the north lies the Derkum district .

history

Ottenheim was first mentioned in a document in 856. The first known village lords were the Counts of Limburg around 1128 . In 1430 the place belonged to the Duchy of Burgundy . After the Spanish period (1525-1712) Ottenheim was also occupied by French troops in 1794. When a new administration was created under French rule in 1798/1800, Ottenheim belonged to the Mairie Lommersum in the canton of Lechenich . After belonging to the province of Jülich-Kleve-Berg from 1816, the place came to the Rhine province in 1822 . In 1886 the office of Weilerswist-Lommersum with Ottenheim was established. The village has belonged to North Rhine-Westphalia since the country was established in 1946. July 1, 1969 Ottensheim was in the community Weilerswist incorporated .

traffic

Weilerswist-Derkum stop

The “Weilerswist-Derkum” stop is located in Ottenheim on the Eifel route from Cologne via Euskirchen to Trier. The place is connected to local public transport by a shared call taxi .

Others

  • The Buir-Bliesheimer Agrargenossenschaft operates a large agricultural warehouse complex in the village.
  • The largest local club are the Sportfreunde Derkum-Hausweiler-Ottenheim e. V.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistical data of the community of Weilerswist ( memento from June 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), residents including secondary residences, as of 2006
  2. ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 88 .