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Ottenbach is a municipality in the district of Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.
Ottenbach | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Ottenbach within Göppingen district  | |
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| Coordinates: 48°44′5″N 9°44′52″E / 48.73472°N 9.74778°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Stuttgart |
| District | Göppingen |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2018–26) | Oliver Franz[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 11.90 km2 (4.59 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 399 m (1,309 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 2,449 |
| • Density | 210/km2 (530/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 73113 |
| Dialling codes | 07165 |
| Vehicle registration | GP |
| Website | www.ottenbach.de |
Geographical location
editOttenbach is located in the upper valley of the Krumm between the mountains Hohenstaufen in west-northwest, the Rechberg in the northeast and the Stuifen, on the foothills of the eastern Swabian Jura. From the county town Göppingen the distance is in a straight line approximately eight kilometers northeast and about as far southwest from Schwäbisch Gmünd.
Municipality arrangement
editOttenbach includes the village Ottenbach, the Weiler Geyrenwald, Jackenhof, Kitzen, Schurrenhof and Stixenhöfe, die Höfe Bärenhöfe, Breitfelder Hof, Cyriakushof, Etzberg, Feuerleshof, Fladenhof, Haldenhof, Herbenhof, Holzhäuser Hof, Kübelhof, Lindenhöfe, Lochhof, Merzenhöfe, Neuhof, Obergruppenhof, Obermühleisenhof, Peterlingshöfe, Saurenhof, Schonterhöfe, Sonnental (Fuchstal), Strudelhof, Untermühleisenhöfe, Waldenhof and Wannenhof and the house Schafhöfle.[3]
Sports
editCycling: Nationally known is Ottenbach for the organization and conduct of mass sports bike marathon "Alb-extreme". The itinerary leads annually on the last Sunday in June over a distance of 190, 210 and 260 km through the countryside of the Swabian Jura with many elevations.
Economy and Infrastructure
editTransportation
editOttenbach has no train station, but is integrated via the bus line 6 with several stops in Ottenbach in the Filsland-bus network.
Education
editIn Ottenbach there is a primary school, all secondary schools can be found in surrounding communities or cities. Secondary schools are in Eislingen and Göppingen.
Sons and daughters of the town
edit- Bruno Klaus (1848-1915), teacher and local historian, honorary citizen of Schwäbisch Gmünd
- Arthur Mayer (1911-1998), psychologist
References
edit- ^ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 12 September 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.
- ^ Das Land Baden-Württemberg. Amtliche Beschreibung nach Kreisen und Gemeinden. Band III: Regierungsbezirk Stuttgart, Regionalverband Mittlerer Neckar. Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-17-004758-2. S. 308–309