🇦🇹 Ottensheim is a municipality in the district of Urfahr-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. At its rowing venue, Regattastrecke Ottensheim, it has hosted numerous international rowing competitions, including various World Championships, World U23 Championships, World Junior Championships, and World Cups.
History First settlements in this area date from about 4000 BC. The first mention of the settlement in a document dates from 1148 AD. In 1228 AD, Ottensheim received the market right – as third town in Upper Austria, after Linz (1210) and Enns (1212). In 1527, the Habsburg-Monarch Ferdinand I endowed the town and the castle to his chancellor Niklas Rabenhaupt von Suche, who expanded the castle. The coat of arms of Ottensheim dates from this time.
Ottensheim has existed as a municipality since 1848. At this time and until 1893 the now self-contended municipality Puchenau also belonged to Ottensheim. In 1871 the first ferry over the Danube was installed. It was destroyed by an ice jam eight years later, and rebuilt in 1882. In 1964 the now still working ferry boat was built. Every year since the 1990s an alternative music festival for about 2,000 people takes place on the Rodl park near the Danube river, the Open Air Ottensheim, where local and international rock, hip-hop and experimental music acts take place.
Most residents work in the closest city, Linz. Ottensheim has many parks and sporting facilities as well as a secondary school, music school, cinema (est. 1919, one of the oldest in Upper Austria), police station and post office which also serves the neighbouring villages. Ottensheim also has Austria's 7th largest hydroelectric power plant, on the Danube.
Ottensheim has a population of over 4,721 people. Ottensheim also forms part of the wider Urfahr-Umgebung District which has a population of over 77,742 people. It is also a part of the larger Upper Austria State. Ottensheim is situated near Linz.
Twin Towns - Sister Cities Ottensheim has links with:
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🇦🇹 Tulln an der Donau 48.333
🇫🇷 Neufchâteau 48.355
🇸🇰 Rimavská Sobota 48.367
🇨🇦 Thunder Bay 48.383
🇷🇺 Kamensk-Shakhtinsky 48.317
🇺🇦 Synelnykove 48.317
🇺🇦 Khmelnytskyi 48.3
🇺🇦 Chernivtsi 48.3
🇮🇹 Giugliano in Campania 14.204
🇩🇪 Oder-Spree 14.219
🇮🇹 Montesilvano 14.157
🇸🇪 Kristianstad 14.15
🇨🇿 Litoměřice 14.128
🇩🇪 Fürstenwalde 14.068
Locations Near: Ottensheim 14.1667,48.3333
🇦🇹 Freistadt 14.5,48.5 d: 30.8
🇦🇹 Steyr 14.417,48.033 d: 38.2
🇦🇹 Kirchdorf an der Krems 14,47.9 d: 49.7
🇦🇹 Gmunden 13.798,47.919 d: 53.6
🇦🇹 Vöcklabruck 13.651,48.006 d: 52.8
🇦🇹 Ried im Innkreis 13.49,48.21 d: 51.9
🇩🇪 Waldkirchen 13.601,48.732 d: 60.8
Antipodal to: Ottensheim -165.833,-48.333
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🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 16202.1
🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 16287
🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 16140.2
🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 12372.1
🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 12280
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🇺🇸 Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 12261.5