Oberlahr

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 37 '  N , 7 ° 31'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Altenkirchen (Westerwald)
Association municipality :	Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld
Height :	195 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.82 km 2
Residents:	750 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	266 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	57641
Area code :	02685
License plate :	AK
Community key :	07 1 32 083
Association administration address:	Rathausstrasse 13 57610 Altenkirchen (Westerwald)
Website :	www.oberlahr.de
Mayoress :	Anneliese Rosenstein
Location of the municipality of Oberlahr in the Altenkirchen district (Westerwald)

Oberlahr, aerial photo 2015

Oberlahr is a municipality in the Altenkirchen (Westerwald) district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld .

geography

Oberlahr is located in the Wiedtal in the Lahr glory and in the Rhine-Westerwald nature park . The Am Lahrbach, Lammerichskaul and Talblick residential areas also belong to Oberlahr .

history

Oberlahr belonged to the Electorate of Cologne , whose remnants on the right bank of the Rhine were dissolved in 1803 due to the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss and assigned to the Principality of Nassau-Usingen . In 1806 the area belonged to the Duchy of Nassau and came to the Kingdom of Prussia in 1815 due to the resolutions of the Congress of Vienna and an additional treaty . Under the Prussian administration, Oberlahr was assigned to the Flammersfeld mayor in the newly established Altenkirchen district , which from 1822 belonged to the Rhine Province .

In the Oberlahr fire disaster on Advent Sunday, December 12th, 1790, almost the entire place burned down. 200 of the 3000 existing oaks from the Oberlahrer woodlands were needed for the reconstruction. Depending on the size of their houses and the damage caused, the oak trees were assigned to the "burned down" for repair or new construction.

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 239 1835 267 1871 314 1905 319 1939 500 1950 577

year Residents 1961 595 1970 636 1987 698 1997 778 2005 810 2019 750

politics

Municipal council

The council in Oberlahr consists of twelve 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

Anneliese Rosenstein became the local mayor of Oberlahr in 2009. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, she was confirmed in her office for another five years with a share of 77.53% of the votes.

Culture and sights

St. Anthony Church

In the center of the village is the restored church square with the St. Antonius Church, the historic village backs and the parish hall.

See also : List of cultural monuments in Oberlahr

Personalities

Honorary citizen Karl Becker ("Beckersch Karl", 1922 / 23–2010), politician (CDU), was from 1961 to 1975 in Oberlahr and subsequently to 1989 in the community of Flammersfeld .

Web links

Commons : Oberlahr  - Collection of images

• Internet presence of the local community Oberlahr
• Ortgemeinde Oberlahr on the webpage of the Verbandsgemeinde Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld

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 (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 9 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal Council Election 2019 Oberlahr. Retrieved January 5, 2020 . 
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld, Verbandsgemeinde, 43rd line of results. Retrieved January 5, 2020 . 
5. ↑ St. Antonius Oberlahr. Oberlahr parish, accessed on September 22, 2018 . 
6. ^ Heinz-Günter Augst: Mourning for "Beckersch Karl". Rhein-Zeitung (source: press archive of the Burglahr community), August 3, 2010, accessed on January 5, 2020 .