Ottwiller

Ottwiller
region	Grand Est
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Saverne
Canton	Ingwiller
Community association	Alsace Bossue
Coordinates	48 ° 52 '  N , 7 ° 14'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 52 '  N , 7 ° 14'  E
height	285-372 m
surface	5.09 km 2
Residents	260 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	51 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	67320
INSEE code	67369
Mairie Ottwiller

Ottwiller ( German Ottweiler ) is a French commune with 260 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ).

geography

The municipality is located in Crooked Alsace and has a share in the Palatinate Forest-Vosges du Nord biosphere reserve .

history

The village was first mentioned in 696 as Audonevillare , then Odonouilare (847), Dotenvilare (1120), and Ottveiller (1793). In 1793, the county of Saar Werden voted to join France. From 1871 to 1919 there was one after the defeat of France in the Franco-German War under the German name Ottweiler as part of the Empire State Alsace-Lorraine to the German Empire .

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2007	2011	2017
Residents	250	257	259	240	243	220	217	245	260

See also

• List of the monuments historiques in Ottwiller

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes du Bas-Rhin . Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-055-8 , pp. 334-336.

Web links

Commons : Ottwiller  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Ottwiller at the Communauté de communes d'Alsace Bossue (French)

Lutheran Church Ottwiller