Ötisheim
{{Short description|German municipality}}
{{Infobox German place
|type = Gemeinde
|image_photo = Fachwerk in Ötisheim - panoramio.jpg
|image_caption = Ötisheim
|image_coa = DEU Ötisheim COA.svg
|coordinates = {{coord|48|57|43|N|8|48|35|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Ötisheim im Enzkreis.png
|state = Baden-Württemberg
|region = Karlsruhe
|district = Enzkreis
|elevation = 243
|area = 14.27
|postal_code = 75443
|area_code = 07041
|licence = PF
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 08 2 36 050
|website = {{URL|https://www.oetisheim.de/}}
}}
Ötisheim, known in local dialect as Aize,[https://www.oetisheim.de/gemeinde-tourismus/wappen.html "Wappen"], Gemeinde Ötisheim, retrieved 1 June 2018 {{in lang|de}} is a municipality in the Enz district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
History
Ötisheim became a property of Maulbronn Monastery around 1177 and remained as such until it was finally and permanently dissolved in 1806. The district of Maulbronn was reorganized as {{ill|Oberamt Maulbronn|de|lt=an Oberamt}} on 18 March 1806. Ötisheim remained under Maulbronn's jurisdiction until 1 October 1938, when it was reassigned to {{ill|Landkreis Vaihingen|de}}. After World War II, it was able to grow substantially thanks its connection by rail. On 1 January 1973, as part of the {{ill|1973 Baden-Württemberg district reform|de|Kreisreform Baden-Württemberg 1973}}, Ötisheim was assigned to the newly created Enz district.{{cite web|title=Ötisheim|url=https://www.leo-bw.de/web/guest/detail-gis/-/Detail/details/ORT/labw_ortslexikon/7094/%C3%96tisheim|website=LEO-BW|publisher=Baden-Württemberg|language=de|accessdate=25 June 2020}}
Geography
The municipality (Gemeinde) of Ötisheim covers {{convert|14.26|km2|sp=us}} of the Enz district of Baden-Württemberg, within the Federal Republic of Germany. Ötisheim is physically located where the flat and dry {{ill|Bauschlotter Plateau|de|Bauschlotter Platte}}, made up of keuper and layers of the {{ill|Upper Muschelkalk|de|Oberen Muschelkalk}}, meets the Stromberg and its loess-coated muschelkalk and keuper hills. The primary watercourse is the Erlenbach, which flows south to southeast through the municipal area. The lowest elevation above sea level in the municipality, {{convert|226|m|sp=us}} Normalnull (NN), is found where the Erlenbach forms the border with Mühlacker. The highest elevation, {{convert|322|m|sp=us}} NN, is found at the top of the Sauberg.
The {{ill|Alder, Metten and Gründelbach lowlands|de|Erlen-, Metten- und Gründelbachniederung}} and {{ill|Bauschlotter Au|de}} Federally-protected nature reserves are located in the municipal area.
Coat of arms
Ötisheim's coat of arms displays a red crosier crossed by a green lizard upon a field of gold. The crosier is a reference to Maulbronn Monastery and the lizard, pronounced "Aitsa", is a reference to Ötisheim's name in the local dialect, Aize. This pattern and tincture date to 1514, and was approved on 28 September 1950. A variant of this pattern that was used until the 1930s, from a seal dated to 1529, shows just the lizard, placed onto a shield with a two-headed eagle.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Commons category|Ötisheim}}
- {{Official website}} (in German)
{{Cities and towns in Enz (district)}}
{{Authority control}}