Oberdiebach

Oberdiebach
Oberdiebach
Location of Oberdiebach within Mainz-Bingen district
Coordinates	50°02′3″N 7°46′43″E / 50.03417°N 7.77861°E / 50.03417; 7.77861Coordinates: 50°02′3″N 7°46′43″E / 50.03417°N 7.77861°E / 50.03417; 7.77861
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Mainz-Bingen
Municipal assoc.	Rhein-Nahe
Local subdivisions	3
Mayor	Andreas Krämer
Basic statistics
Area	8.38 km2 (3.24 sq mi)
Elevation	90 m  (295 ft)
Population	861 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	103 /km2 (266 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	MZ
Postal code	55413
Area code	06743
Website	www.oberdiebach.de

Oberdiebach, Ortsteil Rheindiebach

Oberdiebach is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

Location

Oberdiebach lies between Koblenz and Bad Kreuznach. The winegrowing centre belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Rhein-Nahe, whose seat is in Bingen am Rhein, although that town is not within its bounds. Since 2003, Oberdiebach has been part of the Rhine Gorge UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Constituent communities

Oberdiebach’s Ortsteile are Oberdiebach, Rheindiebach and Winzberg.

History

In 893, Oberdiebach had its first documentary mention. In 1220, Fürstenberg Castle (Burg Fürstenberg) was built by the Elector of Cologne on the border with Electoral Mainz. In 1461, Rheindiebach (Dyepach Ryne) had its first documentary mention. In 1689, the French destroyed Fürstenberg Castle. In 1822, the men’s singing club MGV “Eintracht” was founded and is today one of Rhineland-Palatinate’s oldest singing clubs.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 13 council members, counting the parttime mayor, with seats apportioned thus:

	Liste Krämer	Liste Stüber	CDU	Total
2004	7	2	3	12 seats

(as at municipal election held on 13 June 2004)

Culture and sightseeing

Buildings

In the constituent community of Oberdiebach stands Saint Maurice’s Parish Church (Pfarrkirche St. Mauritius, 1414) with an altarpiece and an iron pulpit. In the constituent community of Rheindiebach stand the ruins of Fürstenberg Castle and the “Half Tower” (halber Turm), formerly part of the Gothic fortifications. Great parts of the fortifications had to give way in the latter half of the 20th century to expansions to Bundesstraße 9.

Economy and infrastructure

Oberdiebach’s economy is based on winegrowing. Tourism only plays s small part.

Transport

Running right through the municipality is Bundesstraße 9, which links Mainz with Koblenz. The Rheinböllen interchange on the Autobahn A 61 lies roughly 11 km away. The nearest railway station is in Niederheimbach on the Mainz-Koblenz line.

References

1. ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden am 31.12.2010" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 31 December 2010. http://www.statistik.rlp.de/fileadmin/dokumente/berichte/A1033_201022_hj_G.pdf. 

External links

• Municipality’s official webpage (German)
• Rhine Gorge UNESCO World Heritage Site
• Welt der Burgen (“World of Castles”) (German)

Documents

• Bild von Rheindiebach aus J.F. Dielmann, A. Fay, J. Becker (Zeichner): F.C. Vogels Panorama des Rheins, Bilder des rechten und linken Rheinufers, Lithographische Anstalt F.C. Vogel, Frankfurt 1833

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.