Othmarschen (German pronunciation:[ˈoːtˌmaːɐ̯ʃn̩]ⓘ) is a quarter in the Altona borough of Hamburg in northern Germany. In 2020 the population was 16,009.
The first records on Othmarschen are from 1317. Together with Altona, Othmarschen became a part of Hamburg in 1937/1938 through the Greater Hamburg Act.
In 2006 according to the statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, the quarter Othmarschen has a total area of 6 km2. The western quarter is Nienstedten. In the South the river Elbe is the border to Waltershof. The border in the North to the quarters Groß Flottbek and Bahrenfeld is the railway track of the city train. In the East is the quarter Ottensen.
In 2006, the quarter Othmarschen had a population of 12,169 people. The population density was 2,023 people per km2. 16.7% were children under the age of 18, and 22.9% were 65 years of age or older. 11.3% were immigrants. 153 people were registered as unemployed and 2,508 were employees subject to social insurance contributions.[2]
In 1999, there were 5,672 households, out of which 17.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them and 45.8% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 1.98.[3]
In 2006, there were 1,178 criminal offences (97 crimes per 1000 people).[4]
The private International School of Hamburg (ISH) was located in Othmarschen.
In 2010, it was moved to Osdorf. (Hemingstedter Weg)
There were one elementary school and three secondary schools (Christianeum Hamburg, Gymnasium Hochrad, Gymnasium Othmarschen) in the quarter Othmarschen.[5]
The museums harbour in the neighbourhood Övelgönne is a small port with some old ships.
The Jenisch Haus was built 1831-1834 by Franz Gustav Forsmann in cooperation with Karl Friedrich Schinkel in the Jenisch park as a recreation home for Martin Johann Jenisch, a minister of Hamburg. Today it is a branch of the Altonaer Museum in Ottensen. It exhibits mainly paintings and other art from the first half of the 19th century.[6]
An exit of the Bundesautobahn 7 and the northern tunnel entrance of the Elbe tunnel is located in Othmarschen.
According to the Department of Motor Vehicles (Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt), in the quarter were 5,475 private cars registered (464 cars/1000 people).[5] There were 92 traffic accidents total, including 76 traffic accidents with damage to persons.[9]
^List of the Consular corps, the trade missions, cultural institutes and international institutes in the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg, Senate of the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg, Chancellery of the Senate (April 2008)
