Oberbettingen

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Vulkaneifel
Association municipality :	Gerolstein
Height :	413 m above sea level NHN
Area :	6.17 km 2
Residents:	711 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	115 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54578
Area code :	06593
License plate :	DAU
Community key :	07 2 33 053
LOCODE :	DE OBB
Association administration address:	Kyllweg 1 ; 54568 Gerolstein
Website :	www.oberbettingen.de
Local Mayor :	Hans-Jakob Meyer
Location of the local community of Oberbettingen in the Vulkaneifel district

St. Nikolaus (Oberbettingen)

Oberbettingen is a municipality in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Gerolstein community .

geography

The place lies in a flat expanse in the valley of the Kyll in the nature park Vulkaneifel . The Meyerhof residential area also belongs to Oberbettingen .

history

Oberbettingen was first mentioned in a document in 845 in a document from King Lothar . Around 1470 Oberbettingen is subordinated to the County of Gerolstein .

Under French rule (1798-1814) Oberbettingen is assigned to the Mairie von Lissendorf . Even under Prussian rule from 1815, the administration of the place remained in Lissendorf.

Oberbettingen was an independent parish until 1750. Since then she has belonged to the parish of Niederbettingen , in today's Hillesheim district of the same name . The former parish church now serves as a branch church .

Statistics on population development

The development of the population of Oberbettingen, the values from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year	Residents
1815	198
1835	225
1871	310
1905	363
1939	423

year	Residents
1950	495
1961	564
1970	589
1987	588
2005	681

politics

Municipal council

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

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	WGR	FWG	total
2019	by majority vote			12 seats
2014	-	7th	5	12 seats
2009	4th	8th	-	12 seats
2004	3	9	-	12 seats

FWG = Free Voting Group in the Verbandsgemeinde Hillesheim e. V.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "In silver, sprinkled with blue crosshairs, a blue zigzag diagonal bar."
	Justification of the coat of arms: The coat of arms of the local community Oberbettingen takes up the coat of arms of the noble family von Bettingen , which was named after the place.

traffic

The Oberbettingen-Hillesheim stop is on the Eifelbahn ( Cologne - Euskirchen - Gerolstein - Trier ), on which local rail transport is used

the Eifel-Express (RE 22) Cologne – Euskirchen – Gerolstein with a connection to Trier (RB 22) and
the Eifel-Bahn (RB 24) Cologne – Euskirchen – Kall , during peak hours to Gerolstein

run.

Local rail passenger transport is carried out by DB Regio NRW , which uses class 620 and 622 diesel multiple units for the Eifel Express and Eifel Bahn in single to triple units for speeds of up to 140 km / h.

The tariff of the Verkehrsverbund Region Trier (VRT) and the tariff of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg and the NRW tariff apply to all local public transport .