Obererbach, Westerwaldkreis

For Obererbach near Altenkirchen, see Obererbach.

Obererbach
Obererbach
Location of Obererbach within Westerwaldkreis district
Coordinates	50°26′33″N 7°58′0″E / 50.4425°N 7.966667°E / 50.4425; 7.966667Coordinates: 50°26′33″N 7°58′0″E / 50.4425°N 7.966667°E / 50.4425; 7.966667
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Wallmerod
Mayor	Reinhard Krämer
Basic statistics
Area	2.60 km2 (1.00 sq mi)
Elevation	240 m  (787 ft)
Population	531 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	204 /km2 (529 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	WW
Postal code	56414
Area code	06435
Website	http://www.obererbach.de.vu

Obererbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

Location

The community lies in the Westerwald between Montabaur and Limburg an der Lahn. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wallmerod, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

History

In 1290, Obererbach had its first documentary mention as Erlebach.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 12 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Running right through the community is Kreisstraße (district road) 160, which joins Bundesstraße 8 in Malmeneich. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 7 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail 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

• Obererbach (German)

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.