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Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Trier-Saarburg
Association municipality :	Conc
Height :	148 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.36 km 2
Residents:	967 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	180 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54331
Area code :	06501
License plate :	TR, SAB
Community key :	07 2 35 096
LOCODE :	DE XOB
Association administration address:	Am Markt 11 ; 54329 Conc
Website :	www.oberbillig.de
Local Mayor :	Andreas Beiling ( CDU )
Location of the local community Oberbillig in the district of Trier-Saarburg

Oberbillig with Sankta Maria I

Oberbillig is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district in Rhineland-Palatinate . She belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Konz .

location

Oberbillig, an old winegrowing, but formerly also fishing, boatman and railroader village on the Moselle , is located six kilometers west of Konz on the right bank of the Moselle at Moselle-Km 206 opposite the confluence of the Sauer . The federal highway 419 and the Upper Moselle line Trier - Perl - Metz run through the town by Deutsche Bahn , which has a stop here.

history

The community was first recorded as "Billich" in 965 AD. The origin is considered to be Celtic, but the name indicates Roman heritage, the Roman trading port Biliacum . Corresponding finds can be found today in the so-called Pieterhaus, which presents Stone Age evidence, Roman and geological finds from various excavations and other interesting aspects of Oberbillig's history. A larger settlement must have existed in Oberbillig as early as Roman times, because a 550-meter-long walled aqueduct, which was elaborately built in the second century AD, led into the old town center. This was fed by a stratified spring located southeast on the slope. The source is still called the Heidenborn today.

Historically, Oberbillig is closely linked to Wasserbillig in Luxembourg, on the opposite side of the Moselle , whose district Oberbillig was until 1816. Due to the agreements made at the Congress of Vienna (1815) and a border treaty concluded on October 7, 1816 at Kleve between the Kingdoms of Prussia and the Netherlands, Oberbillig became an independent municipality in the mayor's office of Wasserliesch in the Trier district in the Kingdom of Prussia . Formally, the Catholic parish of Oberbillig was from 1821 a branch of the parish Wasserliesch, but, although separated by the Moselle, remained in fact closely linked to the Luxembourg parish of Wasserbillig, and on April 4, 1871 became an independent parish.

On July 18, 1946, Oberbillig, together with 80 other municipalities in the districts of Trier and Saarburg , was annexed to Saarland, which was separated from the rest of the French occupation zone in February 1946 . On June 6, 1947, this territorial outsourcing was withdrawn down to 21 municipalities; thus Oberbillig came to the newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate in 1946 .

Population development

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

year	Residents
1815	229
1835	330
1871	362
1905	578
1939	744
1950	701
1961	757

year	Residents
1970	711
1987	887
1997	839
2005	917
2011	990
2017	967

Municipal council

The local council in Oberbillig consists of twelve council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the local council:

choice	SPD	CDU	BL	total
2019	-	5	7th	12 seats
2014	3	6th	3	12 seats
2009	3	6th	3	12 seats
2004	3	6th	3	12 seats
1999	4th	5	3	12 seats

BL = Oberbilliger Bürgerliste e. V.

wine growing

Three wineries in Oberbillig mainly cultivate the white grape varieties Elbling , Weißer Burgunder and Auxerrois . The Römerberg and Hirtengarten vineyards belong to Oberbillig.

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Celebrations and events

St. Bartholomew's Wine Fair on the fourth weekend in August
DGM rally: The DGM rally is a motorcycle tour in Oberbillig on the Moselle. It is organized by the DGM-Sternfahrt e. V. Together with numerous helpers, they have been organizing a motorcycle ride every two years since 2004, the proceeds of which benefit the DGM.

Attractions

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Cheap dialect and history; Karl-Heinz Zimmer reads a poem by his cousin Heinz Zimmer, Oberbillig: "En aalen Schëffmann"

Catholic parish church St. Barbara (hall building, round arch style, 1864, extension 1891, tower 1893)
Moselle promenade with a wonderful view over the Moselle to the opposite Luxembourgish Wasserbillig and into the mouth of the Sauer
Bad luck cross between Oberbillig and Temmels: 1900
Crossroads between Oberbillig and Wasserliesch: mid-19th century
Flood protection (dikes and walls with mobile attachments)
Pieterhaus with village museum
Forest nature trail
Way of the cross to the grill hut and Rochus chapel, corridor chapel 1848; Station Crossing 1913

See also

List of cultural monuments in Oberbillig

Infrastructure

traffic

Sankta Maria II ferry

Street: Oberbillig is connected to the B 419 .
Railway: Oberbillig stop on the Trier – Perl railway line .
Ferry: The most northerly direct connection in the German-Luxembourgish section of the Moselle is maintained by the free-moving passenger and car ferry " Sankta Maria II " , which belongs to the municipality of Oberbillig, between the towns of Oberbillig and Wasserbillig in Luxembourg .