Oberhofen (Pleisweiler-Oberhofen)

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Oberhofen
Local community Pleisweiler-Oberhofen
Coordinates: 49 ° 7 ′ 11 ″  N , 8 ° 0 ′ 39 ″  E
Incorporation : 1828
Postal code : 76889
Area code : 06343

Oberhofen is the smaller of two districts in the Rhineland-Palatinate municipality of Pleisweiler-Oberhofen in the southern Weinstrasse district .

location

Oberhofen is located in the northeastern municipality. and is mainly surrounded by vineyards from the Palatinate wine-growing region . A nature reserve extends west of it. Oberhofen consists of the main street and the Nonnensuselstraße .

history

In 1316 the place was mentioned as "Oberhouen". Oberhofen was part of the French Republic until 1804 , then part of the Napoleonic Empire until 1814 , and incorporated into the canton of Bergzabern in the department of the Lower Rhine . In 1828 Oberhofen was merged with the neighboring town of Pleisweiler to form the municipality of Pleisweiler-Oberhofen . From 1818 to 1862 he was a member of the Bergzabern Land Commissioner ; The Bergzabern district office emerged from this . In 1928 Oberhofen had 183 inhabitants who lived in 48 residential buildings. Both the Catholics and the Protestants belonged to the parish of Bergzabern at that time .

Infrastructure

There are a total of seven cultural monuments on site . The German Wine Route also runs along the western edge of the settlement area . The federal highway 48 runs to the east . The place also has a stop for the VRN bus line 540, which connects the place with Landau in the Palatinate and Bad Bergzabern .

reception

The author August Becker had his novel Die Nonnensusel play in Oberhofen.

Individual evidence

  1. daten.digitale-sammlungen.de: List of localities for the Free State of Bavaria . Retrieved April 16, 2016 .
  2. swr.de: Pleisweiler-Oberhofen A portrait of Hermann Götz . Retrieved April 16, 2016 .