Ottmarsheim
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| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Haut-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Mulhouse | |
| Canton | Rixheim | |
| Community association | Mulhouse Alsace agglomeration | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 47 ' N , 7 ° 31' E | |
| height | 217-235 m | |
| surface | 25.67 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,885 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 73 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 68490 | |
| INSEE code | 68253 | |
| Website | http://www.ottmarsheim.com/ | |
 Mairie Ottmarsheim |
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Ottmarsheim is a French commune with 1,885 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Haut-Rhin department in the Grand Est region ( Alsace until 2015 ). It belongs to the canton of Rixheim and the arrondissement of Mulhouse .
geography
Ottmarsheim is located 15 kilometers east of Mulhouse at an altitude of 220 m in the Rhine plain on the Rhine side canal and thus only a little away from the border with Germany. The French motorway A36 (La Comtoise) ( European route E54) runs in the immediate vicinity .
The surrounding communities are Niffer , Petit-Landau , Hombourg , Chalampé and Bantzenheim and on the German side the city of Neuenburg am Rhein .
history
From 1871 until the end of the First World War , Ottmarsheim belonged to the German Empire as part of the realm of Alsace-Lorraine and was assigned to the district of Mulhouse in the district of Upper Alsace .
Population development
| 1910 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
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| 708 | 1,495 | 1,766 | 1,833 | 2.003 | 1,897 | 1.926 | 1,894 | 1,885 |
Attractions
With the Ottmarsheim abbey church, the place hides an important architectural monument from the early 11th century, which Rudolf von Altenburg , an ancestor of the Habsburgs , had built as an octagon , but much simpler , based on the model of the Count Palatine Chapel of Charlemagne in Aachen . Therefore, Ottmarsheim is also a stop on the Romanesque Road of Alsace.
Not far from the abbey church is the former Ottmarsheim Benedictine monastery with its listed Anna chapel.
Economy and Infrastructure
An industrial and port area was created along the Rhine canal. To the south of the village, the A36 autoroute crosses the river on the Ottmarsheim Rhine bridge . The Ottmarsheim hydropower plant is in the immediate vicinity .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , pp. 651-656.
Web links
- Website of the municipality of Ottmarsheim ( Memento from January 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- Website about Ottmarsheim, mainly in French, with images
- Romanesque street Alsace