Obernhof

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Rhein-Lahn district
Association municipality :	Bad Ems-Nassau
Height :	100 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.85 km 2
Residents:	361 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	94 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56379
Area code :	02604
License plate :	EMS, DIZ, GOH
Community key :	07 1 41 103
Community structure:	2 districts
Association administration address:	Am Adelsheimer Hof 1 ; 56377 Nassau
Website :	www.obernhof.net
Local Mayor :	Karl Friedrich Merz
Location of the local community Obernhof in the Rhein-Lahn district

Obernhof seen from the east

Obernhof is a municipality in the Rhein-Lahn district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Bad Ems-Nassau community .

geography

Geographical location

Obernhof is located in the middle of the Nassau Nature Park . Depending on the bank of the Lahn, you are in the Taunus or in the Westerwald .

In Obernhof the Gelbach flows into the Lahn from the north and the Dörsbach from the south .

There is a railway connection through the Lahntalbahn .

Community structure

Obernhof also includes the hut, Langenau and Miedziankit residential areas .

history

The population developed as follows in the 19th and 20th centuries: 1843: 324 inhabitants, 1927: 309 inhabitants, 1964: 479 inhabitants.

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

The local mayor of Obernhof is Karl Friedrich Merz. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was re-elected with 89.62% of the vote.

Buildings

Langenau Castle
Arnstein Monastery (Seelbach district)
Protestant parish church (built in 1715 as a hall church in baroque style)
Klostermühle (district Seelbach): a mill located at the foot of the Arnstein Monastery, which in earlier times served the monastery residents for the production of food, then for many years a hotel and now a Bible school and a leisure home for the evangelical mission community of torchbearers .

Economy and Infrastructure

Viticulture

Obernhof is one of the few remaining wine-growing communities on the Lahn and is therefore a specialty. Obernhof is part of the Middle Rhine wine-growing region . There are Pinot Noir , Regent and Riesling wines grown in the Upper Hofer Goethe mountain.

traffic

In Obernhof there is a train station on the Lahntalbahn , on which the trains of the regional train line RB 23 ( Lahn-Eifel-Bahn ) (Limburg (Lahn) - Diez - Bad Ems - Koblenz - Andernach - Mendig - Mayen Ost) of the Deutsche Bahn DB to the Rhineland-Palatinate cycle daily approx. every hour. Due to the location of Obernhof in the Rhein-Lahn district, the tariff of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Mosel VRM applies .

Personalities

Julius Haxel (1904–1983), farmer, winemaker and member of the state parliament of the SPD
Ernst Haxel (1938–2008), known from the media as the singing winemaker von der Lahn and former chairman of the winery.

Web links

Commons : Obernhof - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).

↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 43 (PDF; 2.2 MB).

^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: City Council Election 2019 Obernhof. Retrieved November 4, 2019 .
^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Bad Ems-Nassau, Verbandsgemeinde, 18th line of results. Retrieved November 4, 2019 .
↑ wir-im-nassauer-land.de

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-RP-1] State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, 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. 43 (PDF; 2.2 MB).