Oberhosenbach
Oberhosenbach | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Oberhosenbach within Birkenfeld district  | |
  Oberhosenbach  Oberhosenbach | |
| Coordinates: 49°48′52″N 07°19′53″E / 49.81444°N 7.33139°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Birkenfeld |
| Municipal assoc. | Herrstein-Rhaunen |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Kirsten Beetz[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.14 km2 (1.60 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 430 m (1,410 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 123 |
| • Density | 30/km2 (77/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 55758 |
| Dialling codes | 06785 |
| Vehicle registration | BIR |
Oberhosenbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Herrstein-Rhaunen, whose seat is in Herrstein.
Geography[edit]
The municipality lies roughly 18 km north of Idar-Oberstein near the Deutsche Edelsteinstraße (“German Gem Road”) and the Hunsrück Schiefer- und Burgenstraße (“Hunsrück Slate and Castle Road”). Half the municipal area is wooded.
History[edit]
In 1318, Oberhosenbach had its first documentary mention as Volmarshusenbach.
Politics[edit]
Municipal council[edit]
The council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairwoman.[3]
Mayor[edit]
Oberhosenbach's mayor is Kirsten Beetz, and her deputies are Reinhold Noll and Gabriele Wolter.[4]
Coat of arms[edit]
The municipality's arms might be described thus: Per bend vert a cross Latin Or and Or a lion rampant gules armed and langued azure.
Culture and sightseeing[edit]
The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:[5]
- Hauptstraße 9 – Quereinhaus (a combination residential and commercial house divided for these two purposes down the middle, perpendicularly to the street), Firstständer building, 1696
- Hauptstraße 34 – Quereinhaus, 1903; bakehouse typical of the time of building
Economy and infrastructure[edit]
Running south of the municipality is Bundesstraße 41. Serving nearby Fischbach is a railway station on the Nahe Valley Railway (Bingen–Saarbrücken).
References[edit]
- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Birkenfeld, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 10 August 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
- ^ Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat
- ^ "Oberhosenbach's council". Archived from the original on 2016-09-17. Retrieved 2011-10-22.
- ^ Directory of Cultural Monuments in Birkenfeld district
External links[edit]
- Municipality’s official webpage (in German)
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