Ottersweier

Ottersweier is a municipality in western Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is part of the district of Rastatt, and lies between the larger towns Bühl and Achern.

Ottersweier
Municipality
Church of Saint John
Coat of arms
Location of Ottersweier within Rastatt district
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Coordinates: 48°40′16″N 08°06′39″E
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Karlsruhe
District	Rastatt
Government
• Mayor (2023–31)	Jürgen Pfetzer[1] (CDU)
Area
• Total	29.21 km2 (11.28 sq mi)
Elevation	137 m (449 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	6,379
• Density	220/km2 (570/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	77833
Dialling codes	07223
Vehicle registration	RA
Website	www.ottersweier.de

History

18th Century

In 1774, the widow Margravine Maria Viktoria Pauline von Arenberg moved her residence from Baden-Baden to Ottersweier to establish a convent school for the Augustinian choir nuns in the former residence of the Jesuits. In the convent school, young girls learned skills they needed as future mothers and educators.

Ottersweier was long part of the Bühl district and, after its dissolution in 1973, became part of the Rastatt district.

Twin cities

• - Westerlo, Flanders, Belgium, since 1962
• - Krauschwitz (Saxony), Germany, since 1989

Sons and daughters of the place

• Joseph Sauer (1872-1949) born in the district of Unzhurst, theologian, Christian archaeologist and art historian
• Bernhard Friedmann (1932–2021), politician (CDU), Member of the Bundestag 1976–1990, President of the European Court of Auditors 1996-1999