Oppertshausen

Oppertshausen
Oppertshausen
Oppertshausen is located in Germany
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Oppertshausen
Coordinates 49°56′55″N 7°28′28″E / 49.94861°N 7.47444°E / 49.94861; 7.47444Coordinates: 49°56′55″N 7°28′28″E / 49.94861°N 7.47444°E / 49.94861; 7.47444
Administration
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
Municipal assoc. Simmern
Mayor Herbert Peil
Basic statistics
Area 1.52 km2 (0.59 sq mi)
Elevation 360 m  (1181 ft)
Population 131 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 86 /km2 (223 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate SIM
Postal code 55469
Area code 06761
View from the south

Oppertshausen is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Simmern, whose seat is in the like-named town.

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Geography

Location

The municipality, a rural residential community, lies in the central Hunsrück in a gently sloping location at the Simmerbach valley. To the east lies the town of Simmern. and to the west lies the Kauerbach valley.

History

Archaeological finds show that the area was settled in the New Stone Age, or in the time of the Hunsrück-Eifel Culture. In 1285, Oppertshausen had its first documentary mention. The village belonged to the Duchy of Palatinate-Simmern, which introduced the Reformation in 1556. Later, the Elector of the Rhine was the landholder. Beginning in 1794, Oppertshausen lay under French rule. In 1814 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman[2].

Mayor

Oppertshausen’s mayor is Herbert Peil[3].

References

External links


This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

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