Oberahr

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Coat of arms of the local community of Oberahr
Oberahr
Map of Germany, position of the municipality Oberahr highlighted

Coordinates: 50 ° 30 '  N , 7 ° 52'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Westerwaldkreis
Association municipality : Wallmerod
Height : 330 m above sea level NHN
Area : 4.27 km 2
Residents: 537 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 126 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 56414
Area code : 02602
License plate : WW
Community key : 07 1 43 281
LOCODE : DE EAR
Association administration address:
Richtstrasse 1 56414 Wallmerod
Website : www.oberahr.de
Local Mayor : Karsten Opper
Location of the local community Oberahr in the Westerwaldkreis
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The main street in Oberahr (2020)

Oberahr is a municipality in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Wallmerod Association .

Geographical location

The community is located in the Westerwald between Montabaur and Hachenburg . The Ahrbach flows through the village from north to south .

history

Oberahr, 1490 Oberanre , is located in the headwaters of the Ahrbach, which was mentioned as Anara in 959. It gives the community its name and flows through the Oberahr district from north to south. Oberahr was in the former Niederlahngau in the parish and court of Meudt under the territorial rule of the Counts of Diez and Nassau. Through the Diez Treaties of 1564, the parish of Meudt came to the Electorate of Trier and so the Oberahrer lived in the "Trierschland" until 1802 under the rule of the "crook". After that, the Nassau princes took possession of the areas on the right bank of the Rhine again and from 1806 Oberahr also belonged to the newly formed Duchy of Nassau . After its annexation in 1866, Oberahr came to the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau .

Cultural monuments

→ see list of cultural monuments in Oberahr

politics

Municipal council

The council in Oberahr consists of twelve council members, who in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a majority vote were elected, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

mayor

Karsten Opper became local mayor of Oberahr on June 21, 2019. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected for five years with 61.39% of the vote.

Opper's predecessor Georg Friedrich had held the office for 20 years.

coat of arms

Coat of arms of Oberahr
 Blazon : “Of silver and blue split by a wave cut, above a blue-gold split mountain of three in front a red cross, topped with a golden bishop's staff ending in a flame. In front of a growing golden ear of wheat a growing golden beech leaf. "
Justification of the coat of arms: In the local coat of arms, the Ahrbach, and thus also the place name, is symbolized with the split by wave cut. The Nassau coat of arms colors blue and gold and the red "Trier cross" in silver are reminiscent of the former sovereigns Nassau and Trier. For church and patronage (Saint Blaise) there is a golden bishop's crook in the local coat of arms, which ends in a flame and thus symbolizes the attribute or the blessing of Blasius. The bishop's crook also points to the Trier crook. The Oberahrer Mountains and the Beulstein are heraldically represented in the local coat of arms as a blue and gold three-mountain. Agriculture and the forest each symbolize a growing golden ear and a growing golden beech leaf.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Road traffic

Bundesstraße 255 , which connects Montabaur and Rennerod , runs directly through the town . The next motorway junction is Montabaur on federal motorway 3 ( Cologne - Frankfurt am Main ), about seven kilometers away.

Bus transport

Oberahr is served by the buses on line 116 (Montabaur - Westerburg - Rennerod) operated by Rhein-Mosel-Bus GmbH, which run from Monday to Sunday.

Rail transport

The Montabaur train station on the high-speed line Cologne – Rhine / Main and the Unterwesterwaldbahn offer connections to long-distance traffic in the direction of Frankfurt, Mainz / Wiesbaden and Cologne as well as to the RB29 ( Limburg (Lahn) - Diez Ost - Elz Süd - Montabaur - Wirges - Siershahn).

church

The Church of St. Blaise was built in 1903. Your organ has the following registers :

pedal Man. I. Man. II
1st double bass 16 ' 13. Principal bass 16 ' 27. Gedackt bass 16 '
2nd sub-bass 16 ' 14. Principal 8 ' 28. Principal 8 '
3. Principal 8 ' 15. Gedackt 8 ' 29.Backed tube 8 '
4. Bourdon 8 ' 16. Flutes Celeste 8 ' 30. Viola 8 '
5th octave 4 ' 17th octave 4 ' 31st octave 4 '
6th flute 2 ' 18. Reed flute 4 ' 32. reed flute 4 '
7. Mixture 5f. 19. Nasard 2 2/3 33. Fifth 2 2/3
8. Bassoon 16 ' 20th super octave 2 ' 34th forest flute 2 '
9th trumpet 8 ' 21. Cornet 5f. 35th third 1 3/5
10. Klarine 4 ' 22. Mixture 4f. 36. Piccolo 1 '
11. I / P 23. Bassoon 16 ' 37. Cymbal 3f.
12. II / P 24th trumpet 8 ' 38. Vox Celeste 8 '
25. Tremulant 39. Shelf 16 '
26. II / I 40th oboe 8 '
41st trumpet 4 '
42. Tremulant

Web links

Commons : Oberahr  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
  2. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
  3. ↑ From the constituent meeting of the municipal council on June 21, 2019. In: We about us - Wallmerod Association, issue 26/2019. Linus Wittich Medien GmbH, Höhr-Grenzhausen, accessed on July 6, 2020 .
  4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Wallmerod, Verbandsgemeinde, 16th line of results. Retrieved July 6, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Chronicle of the local mayor. Oberahr community, accessed on July 6, 2020 .
  6. ^ Homepage of the community