Ottobrunn

Deutsch: Ottobrunn liegt im oberbayerischen Landkreis München, wenige Kilometer südöstlich der Landeshauptstadt. Die 1955 gegründete Gemeinde galt Jahrzehnte lang als einer der führenden Hochtechnologie-Standorte Europas. Unter Deutschlands Kommunen mit der größten Bevölkerungsdichte liegt Ottobrunn an dritter Stelle.

English: Ottobrunn is situated in the Landkreis München district, Upper Bavaria, few kilometres southeast of Munich. Founded in 1955, the municipality was regarded one of Europe’s leading high tech locations for decades. Ottobrunn ranks third among the most densely populated municipalities in Germany.

Important: This page is a selection of photographs of the most important items and sites of Ottobrunn. As a rule, there should be only one photograph per subject. For the full collection see Category:Ottobrunn.

Geography[edit]

Neighbouring municipalities[edit]

Place name sign shared with a neighbouring municipality

Topography[edit]

View from the Munich Gravel Plain to the southwest of Ottobrunn
Spielplatz in der Mulde (playground in the hollow), the remains of a former gravel pit

Geology[edit]

Gravel layer below Ottobrunn

Climate[edit]

View to the Zugspitze on a Foehn wind day

History[edit]

19th century[edit]

Ottosäule (erected 1834), Ottobrunn’s oldest and most important landmark

Early 20th century (until 1933)[edit]

Waldschlößchen (1902), Ottobrunn’s oldest conserved building
Mansard-roofed building from the early years of Ottobrunn

World War II (1939–45)[edit]

Memorial (erected 2001) commemorating the former satellite concentration camp

From the post-war period to municipal independence (1945–55)[edit]

Former town hall (1955–83), previously Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari’s villa

First decades as an independent municipality (1955–91)[edit]

Former headquarters of Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm
Sternhaus (1960), Ottobrunn’s first high-rise
Magreider Platz (western portal to the municipality centre)
Unter den Lauben (central shopping site with a weekly market)
Rathausplatz (town hall square) with Wolf-Ferrari-Haus (cultural and event centre; left), town hall (right) and fountain (middle)
Town hall (1981–83)
Wolf-Ferrari-Haus (cultural and event centre)

From the end of the Cold War to present time (since 1991)[edit]

Part of the former Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm site: empty buildings and outdated infrastructure

Demography[edit]

Population trend

Politics and administration[edit]

Mayor[edit]

Town hall

Coat of arms[edit]

Coat of arms

Municipality partnerships[edit]

Partnership plate

Religion[edit]

St. Otto (Roman-Catholic; consecrated 1937)
St. Magdalena (Roman-Catholic; consecrated 1960)
St. Albertus Magnus (Roman-Catholic; consecrated 1977)
Michaelskirche (Lutheran; consecrated 1964)
New Apostolic church (consecrated 2006)
Evangelical Free church (consecrated 1988)

Culture and points of interest[edit]

Museum and Gallery[edit]

Otto König von Griechenland-Museum (historical museum)
Treffpunkt Kunst (gallery of the Ottobrunn art association)

Sports[edit]

Phönix-Bad (public bath with giant flumes)
Football and athletics stadium
Ferdinand-Leiß-Halle (multipurpose hall)
Skating stadium
Basketball court

Memorials[edit]

Field cross (erected 1927)
Friedrich Ebert memorial (erected 1954)
World War II victims memorial
Memorial of the Greek freedom fighter Dimitris „Koliópoulos“ Plapoutas (erected 1988)
German Unity memorial (erected 1991)
Memorial commemorating the first church service, held in 1918 (erected 2002)

Woodlands and public greens[edit]

Clearing in the Bahnhofswald (railway station forest)

Regular public events[edit]

Summer fire on the Maderwiese

Business, Retail and Services[edit]

Business[edit]

Büropark Ottobrunn (office buildings in the northern business park)
Tyco Electronics Raychem
Pöttinger Immobiliengruppe
Bartsch International

Retail[edit]

Sport Sperk
Isar Center (shopping centre)
Bonus-Markt (neighbourhood shopping centre)

Hotels[edit]

Aigner
Atlantic
Pazific
Prinz Eugen

Infrastructure[edit]

Traffic[edit]

Rosenheimer Landstraße (main road)
S-Bahn stop
Bus network (2012)

Living[edit]

Former housing estate for officers (1930s)
Two-family house in the Heimkehrersiedlung housing scheme (1958–59)
Terrace apartments housing scheme (1968–69) awarded by the Bavarian section of the Association of German Architects
Alte Bundeswehrsiedlung housing estate (c. 1970)
An der Ottosäule housing estate (early 1970s)
Amalienhöfe housing estate (2011–12)