Oberehe-Stroheich

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Vulkaneifel
Association municipality :	Gerolstein
Height :	461 m above sea level NHN
Area :	10.3 km 2
Residents:	302 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	29 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	54578
Area code :	06595
License plate :	DAU
Community key :	07 2 33 054
Community structure:	2 districts
Association administration address:	Kyllweg 1 ; 54568 Gerolstein
Website :	www.hillesheim.de
Local Mayor :	Alois Mauren
Location of the local community Oberehe-Stroheich in the Vulkaneifel district

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

geography

Oberehe-Stroheich is located in the Vulkaneifel Nature Park . Districts are the two eponymous villages Oberehe and Stroheich. The Laubachs-Hof and Obereher Mühle residential areas also belong to the community .

history

The municipality of Dorf Oberehe appears for the first time in 1218 in a confirmation certificate issued by Archbishop Engelbert of Cologne for the Niederehe monastery .

The municipality of Oberehe-Stroheich was newly formed by the municipal reform in Rhineland-Palatinate on November 7, 1970 from the previously independent municipalities of Oberehe (then 188 inhabitants) and Stroheich (175 inhabitants).

Population development

The development of the population of Oberehe-Stroheich in relation to today's municipality; the values from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year	Residents
1815	316
1835	449
1871	444
1905	407
1939	385
1950	394

year	Residents
1961	352
1970	359
1987	341
1997	364
2005	349
2017	289

politics

Municipal council

The council in Oberehe-Stroheich consists of eight council members, who in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a majority vote were elected, and the honorary mayor as chairman. Until 2014, the municipality council had twelve council members.

coat of arms

Blazon : "In a split shield in front in gold a green, upwardly directed oak leaf with acorn, behind in green three five-petalled silver flowers with red clusters in stakes."

Justification of the coat of arms: The division of the coat of arms in two points indicates the two districts of Stroheich and Oberehe. The green oak leaf on a golden background stands for the district of Stroheich with its large oak stocks and represents the place name in the form of a talking coat of arms. The district of Oberehe is symbolized by the inclusion of the coat of arms of the Knights of Overee with the three silver flowers, Century are demonstrable.

Upper marriage, aerial photo (2015)
Oberehe Castle , aerial photo (2015)
Upper marriage, Catholic church and rectory

Web links

Commons : Oberehe-Stroheich - Collection of images

Representation of the local community Oberehe-Stroheich on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Hillesheim
To search for cultural assets of the local community Oberehe-Stroheich in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).

↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 1, 2017 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 73 (PDF; 1.9 MB).

^ Presentation of the story of Oberehe-Stroheich on the website of the Hillesheim Association

↑ Official municipality directory 2006 ( Memento from December 22, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) (= State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 393 ). Bad Ems March 2006, p. 191 (PDF; 2.6 MB). Info: An up-to-date directory ( 2016 ) is available, but in the section "Territorial changes - Territorial administrative reform" it does not give any population figures.
↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
↑ Description of the coat of arms on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Hillesheim

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-RP-1] 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 1, 2017 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 73 (PDF; 1.9 MB).

[3] Presentation of the story of Oberehe-Stroheich on the website of the Hillesheim Association