Otzing

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	Coordinates: 48 ° 46 '  N , 12 ° 49'  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Lower Bavaria
County :	Deggendorf
Management Community :	Oberpöring
Height :	330 m above sea level NHN
Area :	30.44 km 2
Residents:	1992 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	65 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	94563
Primaries :	09931, 09933
License plate :	DEG
Community key :	09 2 71 143
Community structure:	8 districts
Association administration address:	Niederpöring 23 94562 Oberpöring
Website :	www.otzing.de
Mayor :	Johannes Schmid ( CSU )
Location of the municipality of Otzing in the Deggendorf district

The parish church of St. Laurentius

Otzing is a municipality in the Lower Bavarian district of Deggendorf and a member of the Oberpöring administrative community .

geography

Otzing is located in the Danube Forest planning region . The community borders the Isar in the south (landscape protection area) and extends slightly to the right bank areas. It also contains a section of the Längenmühlbach .

In addition to the districts Otzing, Haunersdorf and Lailling still made districts Arndorf , Asenhof, Eisenstorf, small Weichs and riding (also Reith).

history

Until the church is planted

Otzing belonged to the Straubing Rent Office and the Natternberg Regional Court of the Electorate of Bavaria . In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria , today's municipality was created with the municipal edict of 1818 .

Incorporations

On May 1, 1978, the previously independent communities Haunersdorf and Lailling were incorporated, which had been newly formed on January 1, 1902 from parts of the community Wallersdorf .

Population development

In the period from 1988 to 2018, the municipality grew from 1,492 to 2,012 by 520 inhabitants or 34.9% - the highest percentage increase in the district in the period mentioned.

• 1961: 1460 inhabitants
• 1970: 1474 inhabitants
• 1987: 1504 inhabitants
• 1991: 1482 inhabitants
• 1995: 1525 inhabitants
• 2000: 1709 inhabitants
• 2005: 1969 inhabitants
• 2010: 1958 inhabitants
• 2015: 1932 inhabitants

politics

mayor

Mayor is Johannes Schmid (CSU), who was elected in the 2008 local elections with 91.73% of the vote.

In the local elections on March 15, 2020 , he was re-elected 1st mayor with 89.16 percent in the first ballot without an opponent.

Municipal council

The local elections of 2020 and earlier resulted in the following allocation of seats:

	CSU	FWG	total
2020	7th	7th	14th
2014	8th	6th	14th
2008	8th	6th	14th

coat of arms

	Blazon : "In blue over a lowered silver wave bar next to each other a silver grate, a golden crook and a silver clover." The coat of arms has been used since 1984.

Attractions

• Parish Church “St. Laurentius ”in Otzing, built in 1899 in neo-Romanesque style, with figures of the apostles from the collegiate church “ St. Jakob ” in Straubing
• Pilgrimage church “St. Ottilie ”in Haunersdorf
• Village church “St. Nikolaus "in Lailling (already mentioned in a document around 1200)
• Landscape protection area Untere Isar

See also : List of architectural monuments in Otzing

Economy and Infrastructure

Economy including agriculture and forestry

According to official statistics, there were 9 employees at the place of work in the field of agriculture and forestry , 166 in the manufacturing sector and 53 in trade and transport. In other economic areas, 29 people were employed at the place of work subject to social security contributions. There were a total of 486 employees at the place of residence subject to social security contributions. There were 24 companies in the manufacturing sector and two in the construction sector. In addition, in 1999 there were 61 farms with an agricultural area of ​​2075 ha, of which 1994 ha were arable land.

traffic

The Landshut – Plattling (KBS 931) railway line and the 92 Munich – Deggendorf motorway (A 92 / E 53 ), the closest junctions of which are Wallersdorf- North and Plattling- West , run through the municipality of Otzing .

The district road Deggendorf 5 (DEG5) runs through the village.

The station and later Otzing stop, built in 1875 from the time of the royal privileged stock corporation of the Bavarian Eastern Railways , was no longer served in the course of the introduction of the Danube-Isar-Express since December 13, 2009.

education

In 2013 the following institutions existed:

• Day care center for children: 90 places with 81 children, nine of them under three years of age
• Elementary schools: a primary school with four classes and 90 students
• Catholic evangelization center St. Petrus: group house with 98 beds

religion

Pastor Werner Maria Hess has headed the Catholic parish of St. Laurentius with 1,474 people since 1993 (as of January 2013).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Data 2" sheet, Statistical Report A1200C 202041 Population of the municipalities, districts and administrative districts 1st quarter 2020 (population based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
2. ^ Otzing community in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on June 5, 2020.
3. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 505 .
4. ^ 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 GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 605 .
5. ^ Election result of March 15, 2020. wahl.info, March 16, 2020, accessed on March 16, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Local council election & mayoral election in Otzing 2020 - candidates & results. In: Wahl.info. March 15, 2020, accessed May 3, 2020 . 
7. ↑ Entry on Otzing's coat of arms  in the database of the House of Bavarian History , accessed on August 26, 2020 .

Web links

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

• Entry on the coat of arms of Otzing  in the database of the House of Bavarian History

• Otzing: Official statistics of the LfStat