Oberkail

Oberkail
Oberkail
Location of Oberkail within Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm district
Coordinates	50°02′19″N 6°40′58″E / 50.03861°N 6.68278°E / 50.03861; 6.68278Coordinates: 50°02′19″N 6°40′58″E / 50.03861°N 6.68278°E / 50.03861; 6.68278
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm
Municipal assoc.	Kyllburg
Mayor	Rudolf Densborn
Basic statistics
Area	24.26 km2 (9.37 sq mi)
Elevation	360 m  (1181 ft)
Population	590 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	24 /km2 (63 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	BIT
Postal code	54533
Area code	06567
Website	www.oberkail.de

Oberkail is a municipality in the rural area of Eifel in Rhineland-Palatinate in the administrative district Bitburg-Prüm and is part of Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Kyllburg.

Geography

The municipality is surrounded by grassland and forest in the natural landscape of south Eifel. Next to Oberkail there are Seinsfeld, Gransdorf, Gindorf and Eisenschmitt. Next citys are Bitburg and Wittlich, both are 14 kilometer (about 9 miles) away beeline. Trier is about 30 kilometers (about 20 miles) away.

Clime

Oberkail is in the transition zone from oceanic climate to continental climate.

History

In earlier times there was a large castle which was destroyed by French soldiers around 1794. Oberkail was mentioned for the first time in 1201, called "Hof zu Keyle".

The Spangdahlem Air Base is nearby.

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

• Official Page
• History of Oberkail