Ober-Mengelbach

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Ober-Mengelbach
Community Wald-Michelbach
Coordinates: 49 ° 34 ′ 59 ″  N , 8 ° 47 ′ 36 ″  E
Height : 362 m above sea level NN
Postal code : 69483
Area code : 06207

Ober-Mengelbach is a village and today part of the core community of Wald-Michelbach in the Hessian district of Bergstrasse .

Geographical location

Ober-Mengel Bach is located northwest of Wald-Michelbach in the Odenwald in a corner of the district Wald-Michelbach, below a few hundred meters to the southeast remote hamlet barn Kandel .

history

In 1369 the spelling Mengelmans , later also Mengelmünster or Mengelmainzer, is attested as the name of the hamlet. In 1820 the place is called Ober-Möngelbach . The name is from top = flussaufwärte located at Mengel Bach derived. From an organizational point of view, Ober-Mengelbach is part of the core municipality of Wald-Michelbach.

Transport and infrastructure

There is a quarry to the west above Ober-Mengelbach . The winding state road L 3409 leads past it, which bypasses Zotzenbach south on a ridge and leads to Stallenkandel. At this quarry, the district road K 21 branches off as a local access to the north and connects Ober-Mengelbach in the further course as a valley road via the adjacent hamlet of Unter-Mengelbach , which is already part of Rimbach, with Zotzenbach.

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