Oberlethe

Oberlethe Municipality Wardenburg Coordinates: 53 ° 4 ′ 7 ″ N , 8 ° 10 ′ 6 ″ E
Height :	8 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	547 (December 31, 2016)
Postal code :	26203
Area code :	04407
Location of Oberlethe in Lower Saxony
	Place name sign Oberlethe

Oberlethe is a district of the municipality of Wardenburg in the Oldenburg district in Lower Saxony .

geography

The place is about two and a half kilometers west of Wardenburg. The next larger city is Oldenburg . It is just under 100 kilometers to the North Sea .

history

The village was first mentioned in a document as "hostels". The name Oberlethe appears in the Wardenburg church registers by 1770 at the latest. The current name is derived from the phrase "over de Lethe to Herbergen" (via the Lethe to Herbergen, seen from Wardenburg). The place had about 530 inhabitants in 2001.

Economy and Infrastructure

The Letheschule and the "Hof Oberlethe" seminar house are located in the village.

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Population. Wardenburg community, accessed April 29, 2017 .

[Wardenburg-1] Population. Wardenburg community, accessed April 29, 2017 .