Ötzingen

Municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Ötzingen

Municipality

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Location of Ötzingen within Westerwaldkreis district

Ötzingen

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Coordinates: 50°30′8″N 7°49′58″E﻿ / ﻿50.50222°N 7.83278°E﻿ / 50.50222; 7.83278
Country| Germany
State| Rhineland-Palatinate
District| Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.| Wirges
Government

• Mayor (2019-24) | Ansgar Ritz[1]
Area

• Total| 5.98 km2 (2.31 sq mi)
Elevation

| 310 m (1,020 ft)
Population

(2022-12-31)[2]

• Total| 1,351
• Density| 230/km2 (590/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes|

56244

Dialling codes| 02602 / 02666 (S´holz)
Vehicle registration| WW

Ötzingen is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

## Geography

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The community lies at the foot of the Malberg, a wooded volcanic cone found within the neighbouring community of Moschheim. Other neighbouring communities are Leuterod, Niederahr, Oberahr, Ettinghausen, Kuhnhöfen, Niedersayn and Helferskirchen. Along the edge of the community winds the Aubach, which rises in the outlying centre of Sainerholz some 3 km from the community's main centre. Ötzingen belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wirges, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

As is so throughout the so-called Kannenbäckerland (“Jug Bakers’ Land”, a small region known for its traditional Toilet chicken industry), clay quarrying plays an important role. Somewhat outside the community is found a production centre for world-famous clay mosaics.

Ötzingen has one outlying centre called Sainerholz.

## History

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The community's name comes from the Old High German Uitzingen, most likely meaning some such thing as “Uitzo’s (or Utz’s) Offspring”. The ending –ingen leads to the supposition that at the time the land was taken, it had already been cleared, or there were no woods found there, in turn leading to the conclusion that the community's founding time was somewhere between the late 6th century and the 11th century.

The name has appeared in various spellings over the centuries:

* About 1362: Ozingen
* About 1385: Oezingin
* About 1386: Oitzingen
* About 1417: Oytzingen
* About 1476: Uitzingen, Ober-Otzingen
* About 1589: Oezingin

## Politics

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The municipal council is made up of 17 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

| BfÖ - Bürger für Ötzingen | SPD | Total

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2004 | 12 | 4 | 16 seats

## References

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1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.

## External links

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* Ötzingen in the collective municipality’s Web pages (in German)

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Towns and municipalities in Westerwaldkreis

* Ailertchen
* Alpenrod
* Alsbach
* Arnshöfen
* Astert
* Atzelgift
* Bad Marienberg
* Bannberscheid
* Bellingen
* Berod bei Wallmerod
* Berzhahn
* Bilkheim
* Boden
* Bölsberg
* Borod
* Brandscheid
* Breitenau
* Bretthausen
* Caan
* Daubach
* Deesen
* Dernbach
* Dreifelden
* Dreikirchen
* Dreisbach
* Ebernhahn
* Eitelborn
* Elbingen
* Ellenhausen
* Elsoff
* Enspel
* Ettinghausen
* Ewighausen
* Fehl-Ritzhausen
* Freilingen
* Freirachdorf
* Gackenbach
* Gehlert
* Gemünden
* Giesenhausen
* Girkenroth
* Girod
* Goddert
* Görgeshausen
* Großholbach
* Großseifen
* Guckheim
* Hachenburg
* Hahn am See
* Hahn bei Marienberg
* Halbs
* Hardt
* Hartenfels
* Härtlingen
* Hattert
* Heilberscheid
* Heiligenroth
* Heimborn
* Helferskirchen
* Hellenhahn-Schellenberg
* Hergenroth
* Herschbach, Selters
* Herschbach, Wallmerod
* Heuzert
* Hilgert
* Hillscheid
* Höchstenbach
* Hof
* Höhn
* Höhr-Grenzhausen
* Holler
* Homberg
* Horbach
* Hübingen
* Hüblingen
* Hundsangen
* Hundsdorf
* Irmtraut
* Kaden
* Kadenbach
* Kammerforst
* Kirburg
* Kölbingen
* Kroppach
* Krümmel
* Kuhnhöfen
* Kundert
* Langenbach bei Kirburg
* Langenhahn
* Lautzenbrücken
* Leuterod
* Liebenscheid
* Limbach
* Linden
* Lochum
* Luckenbach
* Mähren
* Marienrachdorf
* Maroth
* Marzhausen
* Maxsain
* Merkelbach
* Meudt
* Mogendorf
* Molsberg
* Montabaur
* Mörlen
* Mörsbach
* Moschheim
* Mudenbach
* Mündersbach
* Müschenbach
* Nauort
* Nentershausen
* Neuhäusel
* Neunkhausen
* Neunkirchen
* Neustadt
* Niederahr
* Niederelbert
* Niedererbach
* Niederroßbach
* Niedersayn
* Nister
* Nisterau
* Nister-Möhrendorf
* Nistertal
* Nomborn
* Nordhofen
* Norken
* Oberahr
* Oberelbert
* Obererbach
* Oberhaid
* Oberrod
* Oberroßbach
* Ötzingen
* Pottum
* Quirnbach
* Ransbach-Baumbach
* Rehe
* Rennerod
* Roßbach
* Rotenhain
* Rothenbach
* Rückeroth
* Ruppach-Goldhausen
* Salz
* Salzburg
* Schenkelberg
* Seck
* Selters
* Sessenbach
* Sessenhausen
* Siershahn
* Simmern
* Stahlhofen
* Stahlhofen am Wiesensee
* Staudt
* Stein-Neukirch
* Stein-Wingert
* Steinebach an der Wied
* Steinefrenz
* Steinen
* Stockhausen-Illfurth
* Stockum-Püschen
* Streithausen
* Unnau
* Untershausen
* Vielbach
* Wahlrod
* Waigandshain
* Waldmühlen
* Wallmerod
* Weidenhahn
* Welkenbach
* Welschneudorf
* Weltersburg
* Weroth
* Westerburg
* Westernohe
* Wied
* Willingen
* Willmenrod
* Winkelbach
* Winnen
* Wirges
* Wirscheid
* Wittgert
* Wölferlingen
* Zehnhausen bei Rennerod
* Zehnhausen bei Wallmerod

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