Ottrott

Ottrott is a common French, located in the department of the the Low-Rhine and the area Alsace.

Its inhabitants is called Ottrottois. ( Ottrotter into Alsatian).

Geography

Ottrott is located at approximately 30 km in the south-west of Strasbourg. It is a tourist village located at the foot of the Mont Sainte-Odile, considered for its wine, the Rouge of Ottrott.

The territory of the commune is mainly occupied by forest (2 500 ha). It is bordered on the side of the the Vosges by the Holy-Odile mount and on the side of the plain of Alsace by the valley of the Ehn.

The hamlet of Klingenthal which is stretched at the bottom of the small valley, depends to some extent of the commune of Ottrott, the remainder is located on the round of applause of Bœrsch. At the limit of the communes of Ottrott and Saint-Nabor are located the careers from which one extracted the pyroclastic rocks (porphyry).

The communal territory extends on uneven important: 230 m in edge of plain - 1050 m close to the Field of Fire.

Localities and variations

Ottrott-le-Haut
Ottrott-le-Bas
Eichwaeldel

Communes bordering

History

First written mention date of a document of the year 1059, written in Latin, following the ordinance of the king Heinrich IV (king and Germanic emperor) towards the Hezel bishop of Strasbourg, which quotes the " Otonis villa, quae dicitur Ottenroden" , it thus seems that a certain knight Oton or Otton, had settled in this region then wild and covered with forests (" Rode" in language high German). Others estimate that this name comes from Ot-Trott (cellar or storeroom of Oton). According to another assumption, Ottenroden would mean " auf DER roten Erde" (on the red ground).

Ottrott was born in 1858 from fusion from two old communes: Ottrott-le-bas and Ottrott-le-haut. In remembering this event, the town hall, built in 1861, carries on its frontage the armorial bearings of the two common primitives. The first municipal council is elected on September 26th, 1858, and the first mayor of the new commune is Mr. Theodore de Dartein.

Tourism

aquarium " Naïades"

Administration

Demography

Armorial bearings

Left with the first of money to the lion mouths, the chief of gold, and the second of money to the sinople tree summoned of three sand birds.

Places and monuments

Castle of Birkenfels, 13th century
Castle of Dreistein, 13th century
Castle of Hagelschloss, 13th century
Castle of Kagenfels, 13th century
Castle of Koepfel
Castle of Lutzelbourg, 13th century-15th century
Castle of Rathsamhausen, 13th century-15th century

Castle of Windeck, medium of the 18th century, increased at the 19th century

Vault Saint Nicolas, end 12th century
Church Simon Saints and Jude, 1771.
Mont Sainte-Odile
the pagan wall

See too

Common of the Low-Rhine

External bonds

Official site of the town of Ottrott
Site of the tourist office of Ottrott
site of the aquarium the Naïades
Ottrott on the site of the national geographical Institute
Ottrott on the site of INSEE
Ottrott on the site of Quid
Localization of Ottrott on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Ottrott on Mapquest

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