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Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Mayen-Koblenz
Association municipality :	Rhine-Moselle
Height :	90 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.51 km 2
Residents:	1097 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	199 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56332
Area code :	02605
License plate :	MYK, MY
Community key :	07 1 37 220
Association administration address:	Bahnhofstrasse 44 ; 56330 Kobern-Gondorf
Website :	www.oberfell.de
Local Mayor :	Detlef Reil ( CDU )
Location of the Oberfell community in the Mayen-Koblenz district

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Oberfell is a community on the Terrassenmosel in the district of Mayen-Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Rhein-Mosel community , which has its administrative headquarters in Kobern-Gondorf .

geography

Geographical location

Oberfell is located on the right bank of the Moselle about 21 kilometers from Koblenz and about 29 kilometers from Cochem . Neighboring communities are Alken upstream and Niederfell downstream .

The community lies mostly in the slip of a Mosel bend on the Schwemmfläche of the Hunsrück leading-Upper Feller Bach and on ascending to Hunsrück slope.

climate

Like other communities in the Lower Moselle, Oberfell is climatically favored in one of the warmest regions in Germany.

history

The municipality was already settled in prehistoric times. Archaeological excavations on the Bleidenberg above the village have documented a Celtic post-slit wall and a medieval picture position. It can be assumed that there was more intensive settlement during the Iron Age (approx. From 800 BC). Individual finds suggest the first settlement as early as the Neolithic. Isolated reading finds probably date from the early Paleolithic.

In the Old Kingdom Oberfell, like the neighboring Alken, belonged to the ore monasteries of Trier and Cologne . In Prussian times, it was the 1816 Sankt Goar county in Koblenz assigned.

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

year	Residents
1815	363
1835	489
1871	599
1905	596
1939	687
1950	779
1961	854

year	Residents
1970	930
1987	1004
1997	1169
2005	1141
2011	1095
2017	1127

Population development of Oberfell from 1815 to 2017 according to the table below

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Oberfell consists of 16 council members, who were elected in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a personalized proportional representation, and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	CDU	FWG	total
2019	9	7th	16 seats
2014	9	7th	16 seats
2009	9	7th	16 seats
2004	9	7th	16 seats

mayor

Detlef Reil became the local mayor of Oberfell on August 22, 2019. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected for five years with 55.35% of the vote. Detlef Reil's predecessor was René Henric (CDU), who had not run again for this position after five years in office.

Culture and sights

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View of Oberfell

Buildings

The Bleidenberg above the village was secured by a Celtic post slot wall, which presumably encompassed the entire plateau of the mountain. A corresponding finding was secured during archaeological excavations in 2001 . The community had part of the wall reconstructed at the site of the find to illustrate the dimensions. On the Bleidenberg above the village there is a pilgrimage church , which the then Archbishop of Trier had built and consecrated in 1248.
The Catholic parish church of St. Nikolaus was built in the 14th century, the Romanesque church tower and its painting have been preserved. The old rectory is one of the oldest preserved buildings in the town. The local history museum of the community is set up on the upper floor.

Regular events

The annual wine fair takes place on the first weekend in September. On the third weekend in October, the local bachelor association (Bachelor Association 1986 Oberfell eV) organizes its traditional bachelor party in the form of a one-day Oktoberfest. The serenade concert takes place one week before the summer holidays. Since 1248 there has been a procession to the Bleidenberg Church one week after Pentecost. The Oberfell cultural promotion regularly organizes concerts, theater, comics, etc. in the Birnbach wine barn, Mosella-Halle, St. Nikolaus parish church, pilgrimage church on the Bleidenberg, cultural site "Altes Pfarrhaus".

Viticulture

Oberfell belongs to the "Burg Cochem wine-growing area " in the Moselle growing region . There are three wine-growing businesses in the village, and the area under vines is one hectare. About 82% of the cultivated wine are white grape varieties (as of 2007).

Vineyards (seen downstream from the Moselle)

Oberfeller Rosenberg
Oberfeller Goldlay, above the Oberfeller Brauneberg

traffic

Along the right bank of the Moselle, the B 49 Koblenz - Treis-Karden - Cochem passes the village. A district road leading in the direction of Hunsrück connects Oberfell with Pfaffenheck on the Hunsrückhöhenstrasse ( B 327 ).
There is a regular bus that connects Oberfell with Koblenz and Burgen .
In the summer half of the year, the excursion boats of the passenger shipping company MS Goldstück and the passenger shipping company Gebr. Kolb dock in Oberfell.
Oberfell is also part of the Moselle water hiking route .

education

The community has a primary school, a day-care center and a music school.

Sons and daughters

Sonja Christ (* 1984), since June 4, 2011 Sonja Christ-Brendemühl, Moselle Wine Queen 2008/2009 and German Wine Queen 2009/2010

Others

Impressions
Parish Church of St. Nicholas
Moosrebber Memorial
Pilgrimage church on the Bleidenberg

In 2005 Oberfell received a gold medal in the state competition Our village has a future .

Ortneckname
A modern monument in the town center is reminiscent of the Ortsneckname Moosrebber . The inscription explains: In 1917, the year of the war, the government called for leaves to be collected for cattle in need. For a hundredweight 18 marks were paid. The Oberfeller were the hardest working and collected 270 quintals ... and as the irony goes, the Oberfeller were henceforth called "Moos (geld) rebber" in the neighboring towns. The local Möhnen club was also called Fidele Moosrebber .