Ottensen

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Ottensen (German pronunciation: [ˈɔtn̩zn̩] ) is a former town located in Hamburg, Germany in the Altona borough on the northern bank of the Elbe river. It is a now one of the 104 quarters of Hamburg. The first record of Ottensen dates from 1310 under the name Ottenhusen. In 1390, it became the seat of the bailiff of the county of Holstein-Pinneberg. The settlement was mostly composed of farmers and craftsmen. During the 1640s, it surpassed nearby Altona in size. It was annexed to Prussia in 1867, and the population rose rapidly: from 2,411 in 1840 to 37,738 in 1900. It was later annexed to the city Altona, which in turn, due to the Greater Hamburg Act, was annexed to Hamburg in 1937. According to the statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, the quarter has a total area of 2.9 square kilometres (1 sq mi). The southern border to the quarter Waltershof is the river Elbe.