Oberduerenbach

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 28 '  N , 7 ° 10'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Ahrweiler
Association municipality :	Brohl valley
Height :	308 m above sea level NHN
Area :	6.94 km 2
Residents:	662 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	95 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56651
Area code :	02646
License plate :	AW
Community key :	07 1 31 059
Association administration address:	Kapellenstrasse 12 56651 Niederzissen
Website :	www.oberduerenbach.de
Mayoress :	Elisabeth Dahr
Location of the local community Oberdürenbach in the Ahrweiler district

Oberdürenbach is a municipality in the Ahrweiler district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Brohltal community . In the dialect Oberdürenbach is called Dürmerich (also written Dürmerech ).

geography

Oberdürenbach is located in the Eastern Eifel in the "Rhein-Ahr-Eifel" conservation area . The community consists of the three districts of Büschhöfe , Oberdürenbach and Schelborn as well as the residential areas "Am Fuchskopf" and "Landgut Stockhof".

history

Oberdürenbach belonged to the rulership of Olbrück until the end of the 18th century .

In 1794 French revolutionary troops occupied the left bank of the Rhine . Under French administration, Oberdürenbach belonged to the Mairie Königsfeld in the canton of Wehr , which was assigned to the Arrondissement of Bonn and the Rhine-Moselle department . After the treaties concluded at the Congress of Vienna , the region, including Oberdürenbach, became part of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1815 . Under the Prussian administration, Oberdürenbach belonged from 1816 to the mayor's office in Königsfeld in the Ahrweiler district , which was part of the Coblenz administrative district and from 1822 to the Rhine Province .

The municipality has belonged to the state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 1946 and to the Brohlal community since 1969 .

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 234 1835 306 1871 316 1905 309 1939 415 1950 397

year Residents 1961 452 1970 486 1987 486 1997 563 2005 625 2019 662

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Oberdürenbach 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.

mayor

Elisabeth Dahr became the local mayor of Oberdürenbach on September 9, 2009. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, she was confirmed in her office for another five years with a share of the vote of 55.85%.

Dahr's predecessor as local mayor, Wolfgang Hurth, did not run again in 2009.

Attractions

• Königssee , located in an old basalt quarry just a few minutes' walk from Oberdürenbach
• Chapel of St. Cornelius and Cyprianus from 1754, inside there is a high altar (wood) from the 17th century; three figure niches of the same height in an unusual shape, central niche flanked by twisted columns with grape tendrils

See also: List of cultural monuments in Oberdürenbach

Personalities

• Anna-Lena Friedsam (born February 1, 1994), tennis player, comes from and lives in Oberdürenbach

Web links

Commons : Oberdürenbach  - Collection of images

• Internet presence of the municipality of Oberdürenbach
• Literature about Oberdürenbach in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 9 (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ↑ Oberdürenbach ... local community Oberdürenbach, accessed on August 2, 2018 . 
4. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
6. ^ ^{A b} 1st meeting of the Oberdürenbach municipal council. In: Council and Citizen Information System. Verbandsgemeindeverwaltung Brohltal, September 9, 2009, accessed on August 4, 2020 . 
7. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Brohltal, Verbandsgemeinde, fifth row of results. Retrieved August 4, 2020 .