Ottrau
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Ottrau | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Ottrau within Schwalm-Eder-Kreis district  | |
  Ottrau  Ottrau | |
| Coordinates: 50°48′N 09°23′E / 50.800°N 9.383°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Hesse |
| Admin. region | Kassel |
| District | Schwalm-Eder-Kreis |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2021–27) | Jonas Korell[1] (CDU) |
| Area | |
• Total | 48.49 km2 (18.72 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 378 m (1,240 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 2,164 |
| • Density | 45/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 34633 |
| Dialling codes | 06639 |
| Vehicle registration | HR |
| Website | www.ottrau.de |
Ottrau is a municipality in the Schwalm-Eder-Kreis in Hesse, Germany.
Constituent communities
Ottrau lies about 10 km northeast of Alsfeld.
The community of Ottrau is made up of six constituent communities:
- Ottrau: 730 inhabitants
- Immichenhain: 605 inhabitants
- Weißenborn: 377 inhabitants
- Görzhain: 374 inhabitants
- Schorbach: 348 inhabitants
- Kleinropperhausen: 64 inhabitants
History
The constituent community of Weißenborn had its first documentary mention in 1307 under the name Wisenburn. It was later also named Wiesenbrunn and the name that it has today comes from that.
Amalgamations
The Greater Community of Ottrau has consisted since Hesse's municipal reform in 1972 of the six formerly independent communities of Ottrau, Immichenhain, Weißenborn, Görzhain, Schorbach und Kleinropperhausen.
