Otterndorf
Sign in to saveOtterndorf (; ) is a town on the coast of the North Sea in the federal state of Lower Saxony, Germany, and is part of the collective municipality () of Land Hadeln. The town, located in the administrative district () of Cuxhaven, is at the mouth of the river Medem, part of the Elbe delta. The old town centre (Altstadt) features a number of half-timbered houses.
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Otterndorf COA.svg
- German location.image_skyline
- Otterndorf rathaus.jpg
- German location.image_caption
- Town hall
- German location.image_plan
- Otterndorf in CUX.svg
- German location.state
- Niedersachsen
- German location.district
- Cuxhaven
- German location.Samtgemeinde
- Land Hadeln
- German location.elevation
- 0-6
- German location.area
- 33.55
- German location.postal_code
- 21762
- German location.area_code
- 04751
- German location.licence
- CUX
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 03 3 52 046
- German location.website
- www.otterndorf.de
- German location.mayor
- Thomas Bullwinkel
- German location.party
- CDU
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Article
15 sectionsContents
- History
- The Crane House
- The sinking of SS Kaffraria
- The Church of St Severi
- The saga of the Knight Macke
- Economy
- Galleries
- Gallery of the Church
- Personalities
- Sons and daughters of the city
- People who are connected to Otterndorf
- Honorary citizen
- Twin towns
- References
- External links
Otterndorf (; ) is a town on the coast of the North Sea in the federal state of Lower Saxony, Germany, and is part of the collective municipality () of Land Hadeln. The town, located in the administrative district () of Cuxhaven, is at the mouth of the river Medem, part of the Elbe delta. The old town centre (Altstadt) features a number of half-timbered houses.
==History== Otterndorf belongs to the Land of Hadeln, first an exclave of the younger Duchy of Saxony and after its de facto dynastic partition in 1296 of the Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg, established de jure in 1260. The first written evidence of the town of Otterndorf dates from the year 1261 in a document written by Godefridus who was a Priest. In 1400, Otterndorf was granted city rights by Eric IV, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg.