Oberlimberg
Oberlimberg
Wallerfangen municipality
Coordinates: 49 ° 20 ′ 35 " N , 6 ° 40 ′ 34" E
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Height : | 343 m | |
Residents : | 139 (December 31, 2008) | |
Incorporation : | April 1, 1936 | |
Postal code : | 66798 | |
Area code : | 06831 | |
Location of Oberlimberg in Saarland |
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Oberlimberg: Listed Meierhof from the beginning of the 19th century
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Oberlimberg is a district of the Wallerfangen municipality in Saarland .
geography
On the left bank of the Saar, opposite the city of Dillingen / Saar, rises a peninsula-like mountain range made of red sandstone , the Limberg , which is in front of the Saargau . In the middle it reaches a height of 340 meters. The moat to the west of Oberlimberg was called "Landgraben" in the last century. A restaurant in the center of Oberlimberg also bears this name. The place can be reached either from the Wallerfangen district (extended Kirchhofstrasse) or from the Gisingen district (Oberlimberger Weg). The landscape protection areas Limberg and Sonnental surrounding the place invite you to go hiking with their extensive network of paths. Every year on Good Friday , the place attracts many visitors to the so-called Kässchmier meal.
history
Oberlimberg was founded in the 17th century , traces have also been found from the Celtic period, but these cannot be assigned to an exact date.
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Personalities
- Carl Zenner (1899–1969), SS brigade leader and major general of the police as well as honorary judge at the People's Court and convicted war criminal