Oberrodenbach

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Oberrodenbach
community Rodenbach
Coat of arms of Oberrodenbach
Coordinates: 50 ° 8 ′ 15 ″  N , 9 ° 3 ′ 38 ″  E
Height : 172  (163–197)  m above sea level NHN
Residents : 2388  (December 31, 2014)
Incorporation : March 1, 1970
Postal code : 63517
Area code : 06184
The Catholic Church of St. Peter and Paul
The Catholic Church of St. Peter and Paul

Oberrodenbach is the smaller of the two districts of the municipality of Rodenbach in the Main-Kinzig district in East Hesse .

Oberrodenbach is located on the Rodenbach on the edge of the Vorspessart . Landesstraße 3268 runs through the village. The nearest train station is in the neighboring village of Niederrodenbach on the Kinzig Valley Railway .

history

In 1338 Niederrodenbach was first mentioned as a separate place. When the division of the village of Rodenbach, first mentioned in 1025, can no longer be determined, but there must also have been an Oberrodenbach in 1338. The Catholic Church of St. Peter and Paul was built in 1836/37.

Territorial reform

In the run-up to the regional reform in Hesse , the municipality of Oberrodenbach merged with the municipality of Niederrodenbach on March 1, 1970 to form the municipality of Rodenbach.

Population development

Occupied population figures are:

  • 1729: 133 souls, without parishioners and sitters
  • 1895: 531 inhabitants
  • 1939: 640
  • 1961: 850
  • 1970: 1317

coat of arms

On July 20, 1964, the municipality of Oberrodenbach in what was then the district of Hanau , administrative district of Wiesbaden , was awarded a coat of arms with the following blazon : Divided diagonally by green and gold: two silver keys crossed at the top, two green lifting hooks crossed at the bottom.

literature

Web links

Commons : Oberrodenbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Rodenbach in numbers" on the website of the municipality of Rodenbach , accessed in April 2016.
  2. ^ Oberrodenbach, Main-Kinzig district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of July 2, 2015). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  3. ↑ Approval of a coat of arms of the municipality Oberrodenbach, district Hanau, administrative district Wiesbaden from July 20, 1964 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1964 No. 32 , p. 986 , point 916 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 2,3 MB ]).