Oberstreit

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 48 '  N , 7 ° 42'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Bad Kreuznach
Association municipality :	Rudesheim
Height :	200 m above sea level NHN
Area :	1.01 km 2
Residents:	291 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	288 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	55596
Area code :	06758
License plate :	KH
Community key :	07 1 33 075
Association administration address:	Nahestrasse 63 55593 Rüdesheim
Website :	www.vg-ruedesheim.de
Local Mayor :	Rudolf Sutor
Location of the Oberstreit community in the Bad Kreuznach district

Oberstreit

Oberstreit is a municipality in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Rüdesheim .

geography

The place is north of the Nahe . To the south, Staudernheim , in the West Bad Sobernheim , the north Waldböckelheim and east are Schlossbockelheim and Boos .

history

The history of the Oberstreit settlement goes back to Roman times. On October 23, 1305 Oberstreit was first mentioned as "Ebenstryt" in a document from Abbot Werner vom Disibodenberg as a farm whose owner (Jakob von Ebenstrit) donated it to the Disibodenberg monastery .

The place was later divided into two domains, bounded by the brook: the northern half belonged to Waldböckelheim , the southern half to Staudernheim . This dichotomy was also manifested in the local coat of arms, which in one half shows the fish from the coat of arms of the Counts of Salm , and in the other half the coat of arms of the Counts of Churpfalz .

In the area of ​​today's cemetery (mentioned in a document in 1491) there was a chapel consecrated to St. Bartholomew, which was probably a great attraction for pilgrimages.

According to the school chronicle, 190 inhabitants were counted in the census on December 1, 1885, broken down in detail:

• Gender: 98 male, 92 female
• Denomination: Catholic 152, Protestant 36, Jewish 3
• Professions: 25 bricklayers and stone masons , 3 day laborers, 15 farm workers, 7 servants, 5 maids, 8 people of the female sex worked in the Sobernheim knitting factory, 1 teacher, 1 blacksmith, 3 landlords, 1 wagner, 1 shoemaker, 1 police officer, 2 seamstresses, 1 trader. At the end of the 19th century, 16% of the female population in Oberstreit were employed outside the home.
• Animal husbandry: 10 horses, 114 cattle, 57 pigs, 41 goats

Statistics on population development

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

year Residents 1815 149 1835 227 1871 217 1905 193 1939 246

year Residents 1950 241 1961 216 1970 217 1987 237 2005 262

politics

Municipal council

The council in Oberstreit consists of six 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 is Rudolf Sutor. In the local elections on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office with a share of 83.87% of the votes.

Culture and tourism

The Oberstreiter Markt (so-called Kirb), which takes place every year in September during the parish fair of the Bartholomäus chapel (no longer exists today), was first mentioned in 1570 and attracted up to 10,000 visitors with all the consequences. On August 24, 1687, the Oberamtmann Pawal von Rammingen reported of "[frivolous] opulence and [godless] being with dancing, eating, drinking and fighting on the so-called Oberstreiter Kirb". The school chronicle confirms these impressions: “Fights happened very often; use was also made of knives and rifles ”. The chronicler ascribes this to the “fiery Nahe wine”. At the end of the 18th century, Schinderhannes, who is known throughout the region, and his gang were up to mischief on the Oberstreiter Markt and shot a number of French soldiers there. The villagers were never hurt a hair, as they evidently often offered refuge to the evildoers, which according to the school chronicle "was more of a fear". The visitor numbers from the 16th century are no longer matched by the annual fair.

In particular, guests who stay in Bad Sobernheim for a cure or relaxation often stay in Oberstreit today because of the village idyll and the close proximity to the spa town of Bad Sobernheim. The proximity to regional attractions of the Nahe region and the connection to the network of hiking trails also contribute to the tourist attraction of the municipality.

Infrastructure

• The federal highway 41 runs 3 km to the northeast (junction Bad Sobernheim-Steinhardt).
• 3 km south in Staudernheim there is a train station of the Nahetalbahn with direct connections to Bingen, Saarbrücken, Mainz and Frankfurt am Main.
• The Bad Sobernheim-Domberg sports airfield is 3 km north.

economy

Today there is organic viticulture and a car repair shop in the community. In addition, there are a number of small businesses in the service sector in Oberstreit.

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Oberstreit

literature

• Gunhild Mc Lachlan: Chronicle of the village of Oberstreit. (Bad Kreuznach group of authors in the Bad Kreuznach Art Association, Bad Kreuznach 1994).

Web links

Commons : Oberstreit  - collection of images

• Ortgemeinde Oberstreit on the pages of the Verbandsgemeinde Rüdesheim
• Literature about Oberstreit in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: City Council Election 2019 Oberstreit. Retrieved September 15, 2019 . 
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Rüdesheim, Verbandsgemeinde, 19th result line. Retrieved September 15, 2019 .