Ottensen (German pronunciationⓘ) (old name: Ottenhusen) is a former town located in Hamburg, Germany in the Altona borough on the right bank of the Elbe river.

According to the statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, the quarter has a total area of 2.9 square kilometres (1 sq mi).

Founded in 1863, it is today located in the street Museumsstrasse near to the Hamburg-Altona railway station.

[8] The Asklepios Klinik Wandsbek has a day care facility for psychiatric problems in the Bülowstr.

[9] In Ottensen were 32 day care centers for children and also 130 physicians in private practice and 11 pharmacies.

The quarter is connected with the national and international railway system through the Hamburg-Altona station.

According to the Department of Motor Vehicles (Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt), in the quarter were 9,894 private cars registered (305 cars/1000 people).

[10] The section history is based on the corresponding article from the German Wikipedia, accessed on 25 February 2007