Oberhaid (Westerwald)

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Coat of arms of the local community Oberhaid
Oberhaid (Westerwald)
Map of Germany, position of the municipality Oberhaid highlighted

Coordinates: 50 ° 31 '  N , 7 ° 43'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Westerwaldkreis
Association municipality : Ransbach-Baumbach
Height : 242 m above sea level NHN
Area : 1.92 km 2
Residents: 389 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 203 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 56237
Area code : 02626
License plate : WW
Community key : 07 1 43 059
Association administration address: Rheinstrasse 50
56235 Ransbach-Baumbach
Website : www.oberhaid-ww.de
Local Mayor : Horst Albrecht Weggel
Location of the local community Oberhaid in the Westerwaldkreis
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Oberhaid is a municipality in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Ransbach-Baumbach community .

geography

The community is located in the Westerwald between Koblenz and Siegen on the edge of the Kannenbäckerland . The Kleine Saynbach flows through the village and shortly afterwards flows into the Saynbach , which belongs to the catchment area of ​​the Rhine . The Winterroth, Fuchsmühle and Lindenhof residential areas also belong to Oberhaid .

history

The village was first mentioned in 1376 as a heath .

politics

Municipal council

The council in Oberhaid 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.

mayor

Horst Albrecht Weggel became the local mayor of Oberhaid on June 27, 2019. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected for five years with 59.63 percent of the votes cast. In mid-June 2020, Weggel announced that he would resign on July 1, 2020. Since the first alderman Horst Schenkelberg has already resigned, the second alderman Niklas Goeth is to take over the office until the new election and the inauguration of a successor.

Weggel's predecessor was Manfred Sabel.

coat of arms

Coat of arms of Oberhaid
 Blazon : "Divided from blue to red by a silver wavy bar, above a silver oak branch with three leaves and two golden acorns, below a silver scale."

traffic

The Federal Highway 3 and the ICE - high-speed line Cologne-Rhine / Main run through the municipality of Oberhaid. The next junction on the motorway is Ransbach-Baumbach (No. 38), about six kilometers southeast of the town center. The next train station on the high-speed line is Montabaur ; closer, however, is the Siershahn station on the Unterwesterwaldbahn .

Web links

Commons : Oberhaid  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, 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. 77 (PDF; 3 MB).
  3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
  4. ^ A b WW-Kurier: Constituent meeting of the Oberhaid local community council. MVV Medienverlag Westerwald-Sieg UG & Co. KG, Wissen, July 31, 2019, accessed on June 27, 2020 .
  5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, direct elections
  6. ↑ Stephanie Kühr: New elections this year: Two Haiderbach local mayors resign. Westerwälder Zeitung, June 16, 2020, accessed on June 27, 2020 .