Oppershofen
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Oppershofen
Community Rockenberg
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| Height : | 161 m above sea level NHN |
| Area : | 6.65 km² [LAGIS] |
| Residents : | 1991 (June 15, 2016) |
| Population density : | 299 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | December 31, 1971 |
| Postal code : | 35519 |
| Area code : | 06033 |
 Oppershofen vom Wingertsberg (NSG)
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Oppershofen is part of the Rockenberg community in the Wetterau district of Hesse . It is located on the river Wetter, which has its source in the Vogelsberg .
geography
Neighboring municipalities
| Rockenberg | ||
| Butzbach |
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Wolfersheim |
| Bad Nauheim |
history
On December 31, 1971 Oppershofen was incorporated into the neighboring community of Rockenberg.
Religions
In Oppershofen there is the Catholic parish of St. Lawrence . The Protestant parish of Rockenberg is responsible for the evangelical believers . Over 80% percent of the population living in Oppershofen is Catholic. Oppershofen is one of the few places in the western Wetterau district where the majority of the population belongs to the Catholic Church.
coat of arms
In August 1951 the municipality of Oppershofen was granted the right to use a coat of arms by the Hessian State Ministry.
The six-spoke Mainz wheel in silver stands on a red background . It is immediately covered (crowned) by the red elector's hat, which is frosted with a broad, silver-colored ermine and whose silver-colored, pearl-studded temples end in a golden, crossed orb in the middle of the hat. This depicts an episode in the history of Oppershofen that was a reality from 1590 to 1802. The coat of arms of Oppershofen depicts the symbols of the Archbishop and Elector of Mainz , who acted as spiritual and secular lord. The illustration is closely based on the appearance of the Electorate of Mainz coat of arms in the 18th century.
Culture and sights
Buildings
- Old Town Hall , built from 1725 to 1729
- Catholic Church of St. Laurentius , consecrated in 1677 by the Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz Adolph Gottfried Volusius
- St. Anna Chapel
- Old weather bridge in Bahnhofstrasse
Regular events
- Easter Sunday: Easter disco - Organizer: WSV Oppershofen
- Pentecost: Joint Whitsun exercise for both fire departments in the Rockenberg community
- Whitsun: People's cycling - Organizer: RSV Oppershofen
- Corpus Christi: Parish festival of the Catholic parish
- Beginning of July: Summer party of the Oppershofen volunteer fire brigade
- August: fair ; is organized by two local associations
- December: Christmas market on the Bitz in Oppershofen
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
Street
Via Butzbach you get to the federal autobahn 5 towards Kassel and Frankfurt am Main and the federal autobahn 45 from Dortmund to Aschaffenburg , which meet at the nearby Gambacher Kreuz .
rail
The route of the Butzbach-Licher railway leads through Oppershofen. Oppershofen has an old train station , which is no longer in operation. Only museum trains still run, but they don't stop in Oppershofen.
Public transport
Oppershofen belongs to the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund . At the train stations in Butzbach and Bad Nauheim there is a connection in the direction of Frankfurt am Main and Gießen. The bus line FB-53 (Butzbach - Bad Nauheim and back), which ensures the connection to the Main-Weser Railway , runs through Oppershofen . The bus traffic is operated by HLB Hessenbus GmbH . The Frankfurt airport is about 55 kilometers away.
Companies
The family business Raab Rosen , Europe's largest breeder and dealer of roses and the Graubert care station (a retirement home with further stations in Hesse and one in Lower Saxony ) have their headquarters in Oppershofen. The Wetterau pump construction and several other service companies are also located here.
education
- In Oppershofen there is the catholic kindergarten St. Laurentius .
- In Oppershofen there is a branch of the Sandrose School Rockenberg for students in grades 1 and 2.
Personalities
Sons and daughters of Oppershofen
- Bardo von Mainz , Archbishop of Mainz and Arch Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation , * around 980 in Oppershofen, † June 10, 1051 near Paderborn .
Web links
- Internet presence of the Rockenberg community
- History of Oppershofen. In: www.marienschloss.de. Culture and History Association Oppershofen eV
- Oppershofen, Wetterau district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of March 17, 2016). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- Literature about Oppershofen in the Hessian Bibliography
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population figures on the Internet site of the municipality of Rockenberg ( Memento of the original from December 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed August 2016.
- ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 360 .
- ↑ Granting of the right to use a coat of arms to the municipality of Oppershofen in the Friedberg district, Darmstadt district on August 2, 1951 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1951 no. 38 , p. 565 , point 885 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 3.7 MB ]).
- ↑ Municipal coat of arms ( Memento of the original from December 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
