Obererthal

Obererthal City of Hammelburg
Coordinates: 50 ° 9 ′ 20 ″  N , 9 ° 53 ′ 46 ″  E
Residents :	405
Incorporation :	January 1, 1972
Postal code :	97762
Area code :	09732
Location of Obererthal in Bavaria

Obererthal, overview from the kitchen mountain

Obererthal is a district of the Bavarian city of Hammelburg in the Lower Franconian district of Bad Kissingen .

Geographical location

Obererthal is located north of Hammelburg.

The St 2291 running through Obererthal leads in a south-westerly direction to Untererthal and in a north-easterly direction to Thulba , a district of Oberthulba .

history

The first known documentary mention of the place comes from January 7th, 777 as "Erthal". As part of the municipal reform , Obererthal became a district of Hammelburg on January 1, 1972.

Buildings worth seeing

The church of St. Antonius Einsiedler with the tower from 1481 dominates the village. The school was built around 1875 instead of a smaller one. At Freie Platz, in the upper village, there is the fire station built in 1950, upwards on the Thulba, the mill with the wooden mill wheel. Numerous historical wayside shrines, monuments and newer sculptures are present in the municipality.

See also: List of architectural monuments in Obererthal

Web links

Commons : Obererthal  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Obererthal's website at www.hammelburg.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 478 .