Oberhausen on the Nahe

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Coat of arms of the local community Oberhausen an der Nahe
Oberhausen on the Nahe
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Coordinates: 49 ° 47 '  N , 7 ° 45'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Bad Kreuznach
Association municipality : Rudesheim
Height : 128 m above sea level NHN
Area : 3.31 km 2
Residents: 364 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 110 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 55585
Area code : 06755
License plate : KH
Community key : 07 1 33 074
LOCODE : DE OAN
Association administration address: Nahestrasse 63
55593 Rüdesheim
Website : www.oberhausen-nahe.de
Mayoress : Anna-Eleonore Kuhn
Location of the local community Oberhausen an der Nahe in the Bad Kreuznach district
Bad Kreuznach Kirn Biebelsheim Pfaffen-Schwabenheim Pleitersheim Volxheim Hackenheim Frei-Laubersheim Neu-Bamberg Fürfeld Tiefenthal (Rheinhessen) Traisen (Nahe) Norheim Altenbamberg Hochstätten Feilbingert Hallgarten (Pfalz) Niederhausen (Nahe) Oberhausen an der Nahe Duchroth Bad Sobernheim Auen (Hunsrück) Bärweiler Daubach (Hunsrück) Ippenschied Kirschroth Langenthal (Hunsrück) Lauschied Martinstein Meddersheim Merxheim (Nahe) Bad Sobernheim Monzingen Nußbaum Odernheim am Glan Rehbach (bei Sobernheim) Seesbach Staudernheim Weiler bei Monzingen Winterburg Bretzenheim Dorsheim Guldental Langenlonsheim Laubenheim Rümmelsheim Windesheim Daxweiler Dörrebach Eckenroth Roth (bei Stromberg) Schöneberg (Hunsrück) Schweppenhausen Seibersbach Stromberg (Hunsrück) Waldlaubersheim Warmsroth Kirn Bärenbach (bei Idar-Oberstein) Becherbach bei Kirn Brauweiler (Rheinland-Pfalz) Bruschied Hahnenbach Heimweiler Heinzenberg (bei Kirn) Hennweiler Hochstetten-Dhaun Horbach (bei Simmertal) Kellenbach Königsau Limbach (bei Kirn) Meckenbach (bei Kirn) Oberhausen bei Kirn Otzweiler Schneppenbach Schwarzerden Simmertal Weitersborn Abtweiler Becherbach (Pfalz) Breitenheim Callbach Desloch Hundsbach Jeckenbach Lettweiler Löllbach Meisenheim Raumbach Rehborn Reiffelbach Schmittweiler Schweinschied Allenfeld Argenschwang Bockenau Boos (Nahe) Braunweiler Burgsponheim Dalberg (bei Bad Kreuznach) Gebroth Gutenberg (bei Bad Kreuznach) Hargesheim Hergenfeld Hüffelsheim Mandel (Gemeinde) Münchwald Oberstreit Roxheim Rüdesheim (Nahe) Schloßböckelheim Sankt Katharinen (bei Bad Kreuznach) Sommerloch (bei Bad Kreuznach) Spabrücken Spall Sponheim Waldböckelheim Wallhausen (bei Bad Kreuznach) Weinsheim (bei Bad Kreuznach) Winterbach (Soonwald) Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis Landkreis Birkenfeld Landkreis Mainz-Bingen Hessen Landkreis Alzey-Worms Landkreis Kusel Donnersbergkreismap
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Oberhausen an der Nahe is a municipality in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Rüdesheim .

Geographical location

Oberhausen from the northwest
Luitpold Bridge - six-arched stone bridge over the Nahe (photographed towards Oberhausen)

The wine-growing community of Oberhausen is located on the Nahe at the foot of the Lemberg. Neighboring towns are Niederhausen , Hallgarten , Duchroth and Waldböckelheim .

history

A former Roman manor was discovered at Buchwald in 1937. There was probably a French optical telegraph on the Lemberg , which transmitted messages between Mainz and Metz. Oberhausen was founded in the Merovingian period and was under the influence of the Disibodenberg monastery . When the Nahegau was divided up , the place passed to the Counts of Zweibrücken , who passed it on as a fief to the Knights of Montfort.

After the Congress of Vienna , Oberhausen belonged to Bavaria , where it remained until the end of World War II . Up until January 1, 1965, Oberhausen was united with the neighboring town of Duchroth to form the local community of Duchroth-Oberhausen .

During the administrative reform in Rhineland-Palatinate, it was reclassified from the Rockenhausen district to the Bad Kreuznach district. From an ecclesiastical point of view, Oberhausen still belongs to the Evangelical Church of the Palatinate and the Diocese of Speyer .

Population development

The development of the population of Oberhausen an der Nahe, the values ​​up to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents
1939 348
1950 370
1961 395
1970 364
1987 389
2005 423
2019 364

politics

Municipal council

The council in Oberhausen an der Nahe consists of eight council members, who in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a majority vote were elected, and the volunteer local mayor as chairman.

mayor

Local mayor is Anna-Eleonore Kuhn. In the local elections on May 26, 2019, she was confirmed in office with 91.98% of the vote.

Economy and Infrastructure

Viticulture

Oberhausen an der Nahe belongs to the "Nahetal wine-growing area" in the Nahe wine-growing region . Eight wine-growing businesses are active in the village, and the area under vines is 32 hectares . About 94% of the cultivated wine are white wine grape varieties (as of 2007). In 1979, 13 companies were still active, the vineyard area at that time was 44 hectares. On September 29, 2017, Katharina Staab from Oberhausen was elected the 69th German Wine Queen 2017/18.

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Personalities

Katharina Staab, German Wine Queen

See also

Web links

Commons : Oberhausen an der Nahe  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
  2. ↑ a b State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
  3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: City Council Election 2019 Oberhausen. Retrieved September 15, 2019 .
  4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Rüdesheim, Verbandsgemeinde, 18th line of results. Retrieved September 15, 2019 .