Oberhosenbach

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 49 '  N , 7 ° 20'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Birch field
Association municipality :	Herrstein-Rhaunen
Height :	430 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.14 km 2
Residents:	134 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density :	32 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	55758
Area code :	06785
License plate :	BIR
Community key :	07 1 34 064
Association administration address:	Brühlstrasse 16 55756 Herrstein
Website :	www.vg-hr.de
Mayoress :	Kirsten Beetz ( CDU )
Location of the local community Oberhosenbach in the Birkenfeld district

Oberhosenbach is a municipality in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Herrstein-Rhaunen community .

geography

Oberhosenbach is located around 18 km north of Idar-Oberstein near the German Gemstone Road and the Hunsrück Slate and Castle Road . Half of the district area is forested.

history

The first documentary mention was made in 1318 as Volmarshusenbach .

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 134 1835 140 1871 133 1905 129 1939 131 1950 161

year Residents 1961 133 1970 140 1987 141 1997 157 2005 152 2019 134

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Oberhosenbach consists of six council members, who were elected in a majority vote in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

mayor

Kirsten Beetz (CDU) became the local mayor of Oberhosenbach in 2004. Since there were no applicants in the direct election on May 26, 2019, the election of the mayor was incumbent on the council in accordance with the municipal regulations. This confirmed Beetz in her office on June 25, 2019.

Economy and Infrastructure

The federal highway 41 runs in the south . In Fischbach there is a train station on the Bingen – Saarbrücken line .

Personalities

• Rudolf Opitz (1890–1940), teacher, paleontologist and writer, was a teacher in Oberhosenbach

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Oberhosenbach

Web links

Commons : Oberhosenbach  - Collection of Images

• Local municipality Oberhosenbach on the website of the Herrstein-Rhaunen municipality
• Literature about Oberhosenbach in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
4. ^ Andreas Nitsch: Local mayor election in the VG Herrstein: Three out of seven office holders no longer want to run. Kirsten Beetz. In: Nahe newspaper. Mittelrhein-Verlag GmbH, Koblenz, March 8, 2019, accessed on August 23, 2020 . 
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Herrstein-Rhaunen, Verbandsgemeinde, 31st line of results. Retrieved August 23, 2020 .