Ottensen () (old name: Ottenhusen) located in

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in the Altona borough on the right bank of the

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river, is a former town. It is a now one of the 104 quarters of Hamburg.

History

The first record of Ottensen dates from 1310. In 1390, it became the seat of the bailiff of the county of

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. The settlement was mostly composed of farmers and craftsmen. During the 1640s, it surpassed nearby Altona in size. It was annexed to

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in 1867, and the population rose rapidly: from 2,411 in 1840 to 37,738 in 1900. It was later annexed to the city Altona, which in turn was due to the

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annexed to Hamburg in 1937.

Geography

According to the statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, the quarter has a total area of . The southern border to the quarter Waltershof is the river

. The railway tracks of the city train is the north border to

Bahrenfeld is a western quarter of the city of Hamburg in Germany, it is subject to the district/borough ''Bezirk Altona'' and was an independent settlement until 1890. It is home to DESY and the Barclaycard Arena. In 2020 the population was 29,652. Hist ...

and the eastern border to the Altona-Altstadt quarter. In the West is the quarter Othmarschen.

Demographics

In 2006, 32,757 people were registered as living in the quarter Ottensen . The population density was . 14.3% were children under the age of 18, and 12.7% were 65 years of age or older. 16.2% were immigrants. 1,863 people were registered as unemployed. In 1999 there were 18,959 households, out of which 16.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them and 55.9% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 1.72. In 2006 there were 3,558 criminal offences (109 crimes per 1,000 people).

Education

There were 4 primary schools and 2 secondary schools in Ottensen.

Culture

Museums, galleries

The ''Altonaer Museum Norddeutsches Landesmuseum'' (Northern German country museum) is museum dedicated among other things to the history and culture of the coastal area of

northern Germany Northern Germany (german: link=no, Norddeutschland) is a linguistic, geographic, socio-cultural and historic region in the northern part of Germany which includes the coastal states of Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Lower Saxony an ...

. Founded in 1863 it is today located in the street ''Museumsstrasse'' near to the

Hamburg-Altona railway station Hamburg-Altona (or simply Altona) is a railway station in Hamburg, Germany, situated to the west of the city's main station, in the district which bears its name. A main line terminal station, most Intercity-Express (ICE) services to an ...

. The museum has 4 branches, the ''Altonaer Museum'' itself, the '' Jenisch Haus'' for art and culture in the Othmarschen quarter, the ''Rieck Haus'' in the quarter Curslack and the ''Heine Haus'' at Elbchaussee 23.

Performing arts

The ''Altonaer Theater'' is located in the street Museumsstrasse 17. It was founded 1876 as ''Altonaer Stadttheater'' at the street Königstrasse. In 1943 destroyed, a new location was found in the school Museumsstrasse. In 1954 the ''Altonaer Theater'' was reopened there with Hans Fitze as the theatre manager. In 1994 the theatre closed due to financial problems. In 1995 the theatre was reopened and play until today. The smaller stage ''Thalia an der Gaußstraße'' of the Hamburg Thalia Theater is located in Ottensen.

Recreation

In Ottensen are two small park areas, ''Donnerspark'' and ''Rathenaupark''.

Sports

The

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly ...

club ''

FC Teutonia Ottensen FC Teutonia Ottensen or FC Teutonia Altona-Ottensen is a German association football club from the city of Hamburg founded in July 1905. The club's original ten members were joined by one-time members of FC Hammonia Hamburg which was a short-li ...

'' is one of several sports associations using the facilities in Ottensen.

Infrastructure

Health systems

The ''Altonaer Kinderkrankenhaus'' is a hospital for children with 195 beds located Bleickenallee 36. The ''Asklepios Klinik Wandsbek'' has a day care facility for psychiatric problems in the Bülowstr. 8. In Ottensen were 32 day care centers for children and also 130 physicians in private practice and 11 pharmacies.

Transportation

Ottensen is serviced by the

rapid transit Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT), also known as heavy rail or metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport generally found in urban areas. A rapid transit system that primarily or traditionally runs below the surface may be ...

system of the city train (

Hamburg-Altona station Hamburg-Altona (or simply Altona) is a railway station in Hamburg, Germany, situated to the west of the city's main station, in the district which bears its name. A main line terminal station, most Intercity-Express (ICE) services to and fr ...

). The quarter is connected with the national and international railway system through the

. According to the Department of Motor Vehicles (Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt), in the quarter were 9,894 private cars registered (305 cars/1000 people).Source: statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (2006) There were 133 traffic accidents total, including 105 traffic accidents with damage to persons.Traffic accident statistic, statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (2006)

Notes

References

Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein, official website
* Hospitals in Hamburg 2006, Government Agency for Social Affairs, Family Affairs, Health and Environment of Hambur
website
''The section history is based on the corresponding article from the German Wikipedia, accessed on 25 February 2007''

External links

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