Otze (Burgdorf)

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Otze
City of Burgdorf
Otze coat of arms
Coordinates: 52 ° 29 ′ 10 ″  N , 10 ° 0 ′ 34 ″  E
Height : 51 m above sea level NHN
Area : 7.74 km²
Residents : 1796  (Jan. 6, 2016)
Population density : 232 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : March 1, 1974
Postal code : 31303
Area code : 05136
Otze (Lower Saxony)
Otze

Location of Otze in Lower Saxony
Location of Otze in Burgdorf
Location of Otze in Burgdorf
Old court
Fire Department Otze

Otze [ ˈoːtsə ] is a village and district of Burgdorf in the Hanover region in Lower Saxony . It is about halfway between the city center of Burgdorf and the district of Ramlingen .

history

Otze is north of Burgdorf in the direction of Celle. The place name could be derived from " Odo " or from " Otto ". Based on finds, archaeologists suspect that the area dates back to 2000 BC. Was settled. The current town center is likely to have existed for 1000 years.

Otze is first mentioned in a document in 1321 in a list of properties of the St. Michaelis monastery in Hildesheim . In the Middle Ages, Otze was one of the nine independent farming villages in the "County over the Moore" around Burgwedel. They were subject to the protection and supervision of a special jurisdiction of the sovereign, the Free Court. This court only negotiated and judged minor offenses such as assault, theft, and pasture offenses. The Free Court usually met twice a year in turn in the individual villages, the last time in Otze on September 10, 1661.

In Otze, there were 20 Halbhöfner among the free men who were allowed to participate in the court. Farmers who managed their farm in whole or in part by their landlord as a fief were not allowed to participate. The place of justice was in Otze on the Lindenbrink. The once mighty linden tree on this square has been replaced by three oaks . The lion as a symbol of the free court as well as the apostle and consecration crosses painted in the Otzer chapel became part of the Otzer coat of arms in 1957. During the Thirty Years' War the farms became impoverished and deaths increased. There have been many changes in family names during this period.

On March 1, 1974 Otze was incorporated into the city of Burgdorf.

Population development

  • 1961: 1647 inhabitants
  • 1970: 1617 inhabitants
  • 2005: 1768 inhabitants
  • 2011: 1793 inhabitants
  • 2016: 1796 inhabitants

politics

Local council

The local council of Otze consists of two councilors and three councilors.

(Status: local election September 11, 2016)

Local mayor

The local mayor is Ulla Träger (CDU). Your deputy is Karl-Heinz Dralle (SPD).

coat of arms

The draft emblem of Otze comes from the in Isernhagen born and later in Hannover living heraldry and crest painter peoples Gustav , who has the coat of arms of Großburgwedel , Melle village , Wunstorf has designed and many other towns. The approval of the coat of arms was granted on February 28, 1958 by the Lower Saxony Minister of the Interior .

Otze coat of arms
 Blazon : " Divided by green and silver , above a growing , golden lion , below a red cross ."
Reasons for the coat of arms: The lion in the coat of arms originated from the free jurisdiction of the Otze community. This sign was the old symbol for several communities that belonged to the Free Court. The free court was held twice, including three times a year and each time in a different one of the villages belonging to it. The sun wheel, the so-called cross of life, dates from pre-Christian times and was adopted as a symbol when the chapel in Otze was built around 1250 and is still used today as a wall decoration in the chapel.

Partnerships

There is a partnership with the district of Großmühlingen in the municipality of Bördeland in Saxony-Anhalt .

Culture and sights

Chapel from 1350

Buildings

The chapel with the wooden bell tower was built around 1350. In 1461 the bell for Otze was cast. There is a heavy old oak door on the north side. The chapel, partly built in the Gothic style, is richly decorated with paintings and carvings and contains a. a carved late Gothic winged altar.

Architectural monuments

→ See: List of architectural monuments in Otze

Economy and Infrastructure

Otze is connected with the district road 121 north to the federal highway 3 and south to Burgdorf-Stadt. It has a train station on the Lehrte – Celle line , which is served by the Hanover S-Bahn .

literature

  • Herbert Kopmann: Otze - Chronicle of our place . City of Burgdorf 1985

Web links

Commons : Otze  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Population of the city of Burgdorf. In: Website Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung . Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  2. ↑ Uwe Ohainski, Jürgen Udolph (ed.): The place names of the district and the city of Hanover , publications by the Institute for Historical Research, Bielefeld 1998, p. 356.
  3. ↑ a b c 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. 222 .
  4. ↑ a b The local council of Otze. In: Website of the city of Burgdorf. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  5. ↑ a b District Hanover: Wappenbuch district Hanover . Published by the author himself, Hannover 1985, p. 94-95 .
  6. ↑ Entry about the partnerships on the homepage of the city of Burgdorf.Retrieved on April 23, 2019, 12:29 am