Oberhosenbach

Oberhosenbach
Oberhosenbach
Coat of arms of Oberhosenbach
Oberhosenbach is located in Germany
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Oberhosenbach
Coordinates 49°48′52″N 7°19′53″E / 49.81444°N 7.33139°E / 49.81444; 7.33139Coordinates: 49°48′52″N 7°19′53″E / 49.81444°N 7.33139°E / 49.81444; 7.33139
Administration
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Birkenfeld
Municipal assoc. Herrstein
Mayor Kirsten Beetz
Basic statistics
Area 4.14 km2 (1.60 sq mi)
Elevation 430 m  (1411 ft)
Population 159 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 38 /km2 (99 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate BIR
Postal code 55758
Area code 06785
Website www.vg-herrstein.de

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 of Herrstein, whose seat is in the like-named municipality.

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Geography

Location

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

In 1318, Oberhosenbach had its first documentary mention as Volmarshusenbach.

Politics

Municipal council

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[2].

Mayor

Oberhosenbach’s mayor is Kirsten Beetz, and her deputies are Reinhold Noll and Gabriele Wolter[3].

Coat of arms

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

Buildings

The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:[4]

  • 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

Transport

Running south of the municipality is Bundesstraße 41. Serving nearby Fischbach is a railway station on the Nahe Valley Railway (BingenSaarbrücken).

References

External links


This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

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