Ottmarsbocholt

Ottmarsbocholt municipality Send Coordinates: 51 ° 49 ′ 19 ″  N , 7 ° 32 ′ 9 ″  E
Height :	63 m above sea level NN
Area :	26.25 km²
Residents :	3454  (December 31, 2017)
Population density :	132 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1975
Postal code :	48308
Area code :	02598
Grain mill in Ottmarsbocholt

Ottmarsbocholt is a district of the municipality of Senden in the Coesfeld district in North Rhine-Westphalia .

location

Eastern part of the Ottmarsbocholt district , forest with Saalmanns pond in the Davert nature reserve

Ottmarsbocholt is located 18 km southwest of Münster on the edge of the Davert , an extensive forest area in the central Münsterland .

history

Ottmarsbocholt is first mentioned as Amarasbokholte in a register of the Werden an der Ruhr Abbey around 980 . The parish of Oetmersboecholte was listed in 1188 in a property register of Count Heinrich von Dale. The formerly independent municipality was incorporated into the municipality of Senden on January 1, 1975 as part of the municipal reorganization . Buildings that characterize the townscape are the Catholic Church of St. Urban and the grain windmill, which has existed in its current form since 1856 and is the landmark of the town.

Regular events

Every year, one week before Carnival Sunday, the second largest carnival parade in the Münsterland takes place in Ottmarsbocholt - after the one in Münster. The move has been an integral part of village life since 1887.

Personalities associated with the district

• Anna Walboem , * around 1549 in Ottmarsbocholt; † January 1630 in Davensberg , victim of the witch hunt in Davensberg
• Carl Wilhelm Emil von Manger , architect and diocesan master builder in Münster, born October 12, 1824 in Ottmarsbocholt, † March 23, 1902 in Oelde
• Clemens Hagemann , Catholic priest, born March 9, 1833 in Ottmarsbocholt, † November 3, 1892 Neisse / Silesia, papal honorary chaplain (extea urbem), pastor at St. Olafs Church in Oslo, 1887-1892 vice-prefect for Norway
• Manfred Wennemer , former CEO of Continental , born September 19, 1947 in Ottmarsbocholt
• Wilm Weppelmann , artist, born April 17, 1957 in Lüdinghausen, grew up in Ottmarsbocholt

traffic

Ottmarsbocholt has a direct connection to Münster (Westf) with the R41 bus (operated by Stadtwerke Münster ) .

Trivia

The place is also called "Otti-Botti" by its residents.

literature

• Heimatverein Ottmarsbocholt (Hrsg.): Ottmarsbocholt - Understanding the old, meeting the new - A village history . 1st edition. 2000, p. 207 .
• Municipality of Senden (Ed.): Send. A history of the municipality of Senden with Bösensell, Ottmarsbocholt, Venne. , Send 1992, ISBN 978-3-9802977-0-7 .

Web links

• Website about Ottmarsbocholt
• Ottmarsbocholt in the Westphalia Culture Atlas

Individual evidence

1. ^ Municipality of Senden: Population figures
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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 314 .
3. ↑ The grain windmill - a landmark of Ottmarsbocholt
4. ↑ Portrait of the Ottmarsbocholter Carnival: [1]
5. ↑ Clemens Hagemann in the Catholic Church in Norway: [2]
6. ↑ Interview Wilm Weppelmann - NABU Davert Depesche No. 10 / Spring 2012: PDF ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ↑ Portrait Carnival (accessed on September 14, 2019)