Otterberg
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Coordinates: 49 ° 30 ' N , 7 ° 46' E |
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| State : | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| County : | Kaiserslautern | |
| Association municipality : | Otterbach-Otterberg | |
| Height : | 247 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 32.1 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 5317 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 166 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 67697 | |
| Area code : | 06301 | |
| License plate : | KL | |
| Community key : | 07 3 35 035 | |
| LOCODE : | DE ZDK | |
| Association administration address: | Hauptstrasse 27 67697 Otterberg |
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| City Mayor: | Martina Stein ( SPD ) | |
| Location of the city of Otterberg in the Kaiserslautern district | ||
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Otterberg is a town in the district of Kaiserslautern in Rhineland-Palatinate and the administrative seat of the Verbandsgemeinde Otterbach-Otterberg , to which it also belongs. According to state planning, Otterberg is designated as a basic center.
geography
location
Otterberg is located about five kilometers north of Kaiserslautern at the foot of the Otterberg Forest , a part of the Palatinate Forest . To the north and east of the city is the Otterberg State Forest . Neighboring communities are - clockwise - Höringen , Winnweiler , Lohnsfeld , Wartenberg-Rohrbach , Sembach , Mehlingen , Kaiserslautern, Otterbach , Katzweiler , Mehlbach , Schneckenhausen and Heiligenmoschel .
City structure
In addition to the center of Otter mountain belonging to the city Ottersberg additional residential places and Weiler : Althütterhof, Appental, Badweiher, Beutler mill Birotshof, turning Thalerhof , Three Fountains, Dudenbacherhof, Geisen mill Heiligenmoschelerberg, Lanzenbrunnerhof, Lauerhof , Messerschwanderhof , Münchschwanderhof , Neumühle, oil mill, Reichenbacherhof , Schlossberg and Weinbrunnerhof .
The village of Drehenthalerhof is designated as a local district .
Surveys
The 399.6 meter high owl head rises to the north of Drehenthalerhof . Other mountains in this area are the 389.2 meter high oven and the 370 meter high Einsiedlerberg . South of the city center also extends the 271.8 meter high Schafkopf and east of it the 377 meter high Große Ohligkopf , the 324 meter high Schlossberg and to the north of it the 388.6 meter high Bruchberg and the Heiligenmoscheler Berg .
Waters
The city lies in the valley basin of the Otterbach an average of 250 m above sea level. NHN . The latter includes the Schellenbach from the right and the Aggenbach from the left . The Aggenbach also flows through the Sixmeisterwoog . The Reichenbach rises at the height of the Reichenbacherhof and also flows into the Otterbach beyond the boundary of the district. The Höringerbach rises in the far north and its left tributary Krebsbach , which belong to the Alsenz river system .
history
As early as 1145, the Cistercians founded a monastery in the Otterburg on today's Schlossberg. Since the Cistercians preferred monasteries in stream valleys or moor areas, they began in 1168 with the construction of the monastery complex, of which the abbey church is still preserved. After the Reformation the monastery was closed. A community of exiles was established in the buildings in 1579 , which received town charter based on the model of Kaiserslautern two years later, on March 26, 1581.
From 1559 to 1592 Otterberg belonged to Palatinate-Lautern . Then it became part of the Electoral Palatinate until the end of the 18th century , where it was subordinate to the Lautern Oberamt and the seat of a subordinate office. From 1798 to 1814, when the Palatinate was part of the French Republic (until 1804) and then part of the Napoleonic Empire , Otterberg was the seat of the canton of the same name . In 1815 the city first belonged to Austria . A year later she moved to the Kingdom of Bavaria . From 1818 to 1862 she belonged to the Land Commissioner in Kaiserslautern ; from this the district office of Kaiserslautern emerged.
From 1939 the city was part of the Kaiserslautern district . After the Second World War , Otterberg became part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate within the French occupation zone . In the course of the first Rhineland-Palatinate administrative reform , the city became the seat of the newly formed association of the same name , which also included Heiligenmoschel , Niederkirchen , Schallodenbach and Schneckenhausen . Since July 1, 2014 Otterberg has been the administrative seat of the Otterbach-Otterberg Association, which was created through the merger of the Otterberg and Otterbach Association .
population
Population development
The development of the population of the city of Otterberg, the values from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:
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religion
Christianity
In 1579, reformed religious refugees came from the Spanish Netherlands - so-called Walloons - because Otterberg in the Palatinate promised freedom of religion. Descendants of the same live in the city to this day. The settlement of religious refugees was accompanied by strong growth of the place, so that city rights were granted as early as 1581.
In the 18th century and later some Mennonite families came to Otterberg, who joined the Mennonite community in Sembach . For example, the Messerschwanderhof , which was destroyed after the Thirty Years' War , was settled in the 17th century by Mennonites who fled Switzerland. In 1948 the Mennonites still had their own cemetery in the city.
On October 31, 2014, 49.1 percent of the population were Protestant and 23.4 percent Catholic. The rest belonged to another religion or were non-denominational.
Judaism
In the 18th and 19th centuries there was a Jewish community in Otterberg, which at times - around 1848 - included more than 20 families with around 100 people. In 1817 a Jewish prayer room is mentioned. A synagogue was inaugurated in 1838. In the second half of the 19th century, some of the Jewish families emigrated and some of them moved to other cities, so that in 1897 the community was dissolved and the synagogue was sold. The building has been converted into a residential building. The most prominent Jewish family was the Straus family, who emigrated to the USA in 1854 . The Jews living in Otterberg were buried in Mehlingen and Winnweiler .
Buddhism
In the urban area is the Buddhist Shaolin Temple Europe .
politics
City council
The city council in Otterberg consists of 22 council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary city mayor as chairman.
The distribution of seats in the city council:
| choice | SPD | CDU | FDP | GREEN | left | FWG | total |
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| 2019 | 9 | 6th | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 22 seats |
| 2014 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 22 seats |
| 2009 | 11 | 8th | 1 | - | - | 2 | 22 seats |
| 2004 | 9 | 10 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 22 seats |
- FWG = Free Voting Group City of Otterberg e. V.
mayor
City Mayor of Otterberg is Martina Stein (SPD). In the direct election on May 26, 2019, she was elected with a share of 64.30% of the vote and is the successor to Martin Müller (SPD), who after ten years in office no longer ran for this position.
District of Drehenthalerhof
The village of Drehenthalerhof is the only designated district in the city of Otterberg. The local advisory board consists of seven advisory board members, the chair of the local advisory board is chaired by the directly elected mayor .
In the 2019 local elections, the local council was elected by majority vote.
Martin Klußmeier (SPD) is the local mayor. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was re-elected with 93.43% of the vote.
coat of arms
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Blazon : "In silver three crouching red squirrels 2: 1, each with a golden nut in their paws." |
| Foundation of the coat of arms: It was approved by the Bavarian King Ludwig I in 1840 and goes back to a seal from 1670. |
Town twinning
The twin town of the town of Otterberg is Gueugnon , a town with about the same number of inhabitants as Otterberg. The city is located in the French department of Saône-et-Loire .
Culture and sights
Cultural monuments
Abbey church
city wall
Blue house
Old pharmacy
Old town house
War memorial 1870–71
World War Monuments
The Otterberg Abbey Church is part of a former monastery, founded around 1145 by a donation from the former Lords of Otterburg and the surrounding area to the Cistercian order. Monks from the Eberbach monastery were sent out with an abbot to build the monastery complex. The church was built between 1168 and 1254. The monastery reached its economic boom around 1340, the decline occurred before the Reformation, so that around 1561 only three monks lived with their abbot in the Otterberg monastery. The abbey church is the largest monastery church in the Palatinate and due to its architectural style - towards the end of the Romanesque with the first Gothic elements - of supraregional importance.
The historic old town also has a large number of half-timbered houses, including the Gasthaus zur Krone , which was built in 1772, and the old pharmacy ; the latter was built in 1608 by the tanner David Gille Anthoine on the foundation walls of the Cistercian monastery.
The functional blacksmith's forge, built in 1612, is also located in the old town in Kirchstrasse. Guided tours take place on the first Saturday of each month.
The old town house was Otterberg's first town hall and was built around 1578 because the rooms that were given to them by the elector were needed. Later, a new town hall or town house was built from the parts on the same place. This was a little shorter than the previous one. The second town hall was built in 1752 with a late baroque mansard hipped roof. It was not renovated and repainted again until 1968. It now houses a local museum
The Otterberg menhir is also located on the border with Höringen and Heiligenmoschel .
City fountain
In the middle of Otterberg, opposite the town hall, stands the city fountain with four tubes. There was an older well in front of it, which had to give way because it blocked traffic.
nature
There are a total of four natural monuments within the city limits . There is also the so-called Otterberg grave stele .
Celebrations / events
There are numerous regular events in Otterberg. The most important are:
- Otterberg Spring Festival - The spring festival in Otterberg is a tradition that originated in the middle of the 18th century and is celebrated in the two-year Turnis (odd years).
- Otterberg lights up - for this evening the various historical buildings in the center of Otterberg shine.
- Old Town Festival - a three-day festival on the church square in front of the abbey church with culinary offerings.
- Transcendent - the staged abbey.
Economy and Infrastructure
Institutions
As the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde Otterbach-Otterberg , the city houses its administration. The Forest Service Ottersberg is responsible for the municipality Otterbach Otter mountain as well as for parts of the associated municipalities Bruchmühlbach-Miesau , Enkenbach-Alsenborn , Ramstein-Miesenbach and Weilerbach .
While it was part of France, the city was the seat of a peace court that was subordinate to the Tribunal of First Instance in Kaiserslautern . After that there was a local court on site . After the Second World War, parts of the US Army's 70th Infantry Division were temporarily stationed in Otterberg.
traffic
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State roads 382 and 387 lead through Otterberg ; the former connects the city with Odenbach and Enkenbach-Alsenborn . The latter establishes a connection with Imsweiler and Kaiserslautern. The district road 37 connects the Weinbrunnerhof to the road network, the district road 39 leads to Erlenbach . The Reichenbacherhof is connected to Otterbach via Kreisstraße 41 .
The city is connected to the national long-distance traffic via both the A 6 and the A 63 , both of which run not far from the urban area.
From 1911 to 1980 Otterberg was the end point of a branch line beginning at Lampertsmühle-Otterbach station and connected to the rail network; Passenger traffic only took place from 1919 to 1954. That is why Otterberg's local passenger transport is served exclusively by the Saar-Pfalz-Bus local transport company. The following lines stop in Otterberg: Line 130, 131, 133, 134, 140 towards Kaiserslautern, Line 130 towards the district of Drehenthalerhof, Line 131 towards Niederkirchen , Line 133 towards Höringen , Line 134 towards Lauterecken and Line 140 towards Weilerbach and Reichenbach-Steegen .
education
The city of Otterberg has numerous educational institutions. Otterberg has a primary school, a private music school, the Bettina von Arnim Integrated Comprehensive School and a free Waldorf school.
The Otfried Preußler Elementary School Otterberg has 12 classes. Afternoon care is offered from 12 noon to 4.30 p.m.
Bettina von Arnim IGS Otterberg is an integrated comprehensive school. In other words, a connection between the Realschule Plus and Gymnasium courses. It has 770 students. She also offers all-day care and numerous working groups.
The Waldorf School was founded in 1991 and is one of 230 Waldorf Schools in Germany. 380 children and young people currently attend this school.
There are also three kindergartens, the Buntspecht daycare center, the Protestant kindergarten and the Waldorf kindergarten. The day care center Buntspecht has existed since 1993 and is sponsored by the city of Otterberg. The kindergarten is a five-group facility that can accommodate up to 125 children. The Protestant kindergarten was rebuilt in 2012 and can accommodate up to 90 children. The Waldorf kindergarten was established in 1993 and invites you to take regular trips to the forest. The kindergarten grew steadily until 2010.
tourism
The Donnersberg-Donon long-distance hiking trail, marked with a red bar, runs through the east of the urban area . One that is marked with a blue-yellow bar and runs from Lauterecken to Sankt Germanshof and one that is marked with a green-yellow bar run through the middle of the settlement area . Otterberg is also the southern starting point of the Odenbachtal cycle path .
Personalities
Honorary citizen
- Gustav Schmitt (1832–1905), politician
- Kurt Close (1919–2007), journalist, historian, local researcher, musician, archivist and author
sons and daughters of the town
- Johann Heinrich Roos (1631–1685), painter
- Isidor Straus (1845-1912), German-American businessman (partners of the department store Macy's in New York ) and politicians (member of the US - the House ).
- Nathan Straus (1848–1931), German-American businessman and partner in the Macy’s department store in New York. Has been one of the great benefactors of his time since the 1890s, supporting projects in the USA, Palestine and Germany with large sums (including a campaign for pasteurized milk, which saved the lives of countless children). The city of Netanya in Israel is named after him.
- Oscar Straus (1850–1926), politician and diplomat. 1906/09 US Secretary of Commerce and Labor under President Theodore Roosevelt (see Department of Commerce (United States) ), was the first Jewish cabinet member in the USA; 1909/10 US ambassador to Turkey .
- Mathilde Salmon (1867–1942), victim of the Holocaust, is remembered by a stumbling block in Mönchengladbach
- Kurt Mayer (1903–1945), historian and Nazi functionary
- Georg Stauth (* 1942), Islamic scholar and sociologist
- Hannah Lothrop (1945–2000), psychologist and author
- Helge Karch (* 1953), microbiologist
People who worked on site
- Georg Friedrich Blaul (1809–1863), local preacher
- Gerhard Bold (* 1955), soccer player, lives on site
- Christian Brembeck (* 1960), musician, recorded pieces of music in the abbey church in 2008
- Antoine Grèlot († 1678), worked as a French Reformed pastor in Otterberg
- Alfred Köhler (1883–1945), public prosecutor and judge, was temporarily the local public prosecutor
- Johannes Kriebitzsch (1857–1938), glass painter, made the lead glass windows in the monastery
- August Lufft (1801–1887), administrative lawyer, attended a local private school
- Wilhelm Meise (1891–1974), officer, lived in Otterberg after the Second World War
- Wendelin Merbot (before 1553–1561); Cistercian , last abbot of Otterberg Monastery from 1553 to 1561
- Karina Pallagst (* 1969), spatial planner, attended the local elementary school
- Edgar Popp (1920–2015), pastor, wrote a paper about the renovation of the abbey church in 1971 and died on site
- Axel Roos (* 1964), soccer player, lives on site and runs a private soccer school there
literature
- Literature about Otterberg in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
- ↑ a b State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
- ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 1, 2017 [ Version 2020 is available. ] . S. 97 (PDF; 1.9 MB).
- ^ History of the Abbey Church, ( Memento from February 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) As of April 1, 2008.
- ↑ Armin Kohnle : Die Kurpfalz, Asylum for religious refugees in the 16th century ( Memento from June 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive ). Lecture from June 19, 2004, “Otterberg encounters, 425 years of Walloons in Otterberg”.
- ^ A b Gerhard Hein: Otterberg . In: Mennonite Lexicon . tape 3 . Karlsruhe 1958, p. 326 .
- ↑ Messerschwanderhof. SWR Landesschau Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed on March 29, 2010 .
- ↑ Municipal statistics . In: KommWis. October 31, 2014, accessed November 30, 2014 .
- ↑ Information on Jewish history and the former synagogue in Otterberg
- ↑ Hans Steinebrei: History of the Jews in Otterberg: an example from the history of the Palatinate in the 19th century. Arbogast, Otterbach / Pfalz 2005, 120 pages, ISBN 3-87022-173-9 .
- ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: City Council Election 2019 Otterberg. Retrieved October 26, 2019 .
- ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal elections 2014, city and municipal council elections
- ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Otterbach-Otterberg, Verbandsgemeinde, 14th line of results. Retrieved October 26, 2019 .
- ^ City of Otterberg: Main Statute. (PDF) § 2. September 22, 2014, accessed on October 26, 2019 .
- ↑ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: Local Advisory Council Election 2019 Drehenthalerhof. Retrieved October 26, 2019 .
- ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Otterbach-Otterberg, Verbandsgemeinde, 15th line of results. Retrieved October 26, 2019 .
- ^ Karl Heinz Debus: The great book of arms of the Palatinate. Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 1988, ISBN 3-9801574-2-3 .
- ↑ Information about the Theis'sche Schmiede on the VG Otterberg website. Retrieved October 4, 2019 .
- ↑ Hermann Karch: Otterberg, old houses tell . In: Self-published by Hermann Karch (ed.): From Otterberg's past days . tape 2 . Arbogast, Otterberg, S. 55 -58 .
- ↑ Hermann Karch: Otterberg, old houses tell . In: Self-published by Hermann Karch (ed.): From Otterberg's past days . tape 2 . Arbogast, Otterberg, S. 93 .
- ↑ Events. Retrieved November 9, 2019 .
- ↑ Schools. In: Otterbach-Otterberg. Retrieved October 28, 2019 .
- ↑ BvonA IGS Ottersberg. In: BvonA IGS Otterberg. Retrieved October 27, 2019 .
- ^ Waldorf School Kaiserslautern: The school. In: Waldorf School Kaiserslautern. Retrieved October 29, 2019 .
- ↑ day care centers. In: Otterbach-Otterberg. Retrieved October 18, 2019 .
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