Oberhosenbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Herrstein-Rhaunen, whose seat is in Herrstein.

Oberhosenbach
Coat of arms of Oberhosenbach
Location of Oberhosenbach within Birkenfeld district
Oberhosenbach is located in Germany
Oberhosenbach
Oberhosenbach
Oberhosenbach is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Oberhosenbach
Oberhosenbach
Coordinates: 49°48′52″N 07°19′53″E / 49.81444°N 7.33139°E / 49.81444; 7.33139
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictBirkenfeld
Municipal assoc.Herrstein-Rhaunen
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Kirsten Beetz[1]
Area
 • Total4.14 km2 (1.60 sq mi)
Elevation
430 m (1,410 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total123
 • Density30/km2 (77/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
55758
Dialling codes06785
Vehicle registrationBIR

Geography

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The municipality lies roughly 18 km north of Idar-Oberstein near the Deutsche Edelsteinstraße (“German Gem Road”) and the Hunsrück Schiefer- und Burgenstraße (“Hunsrück Slate and Castle Road”). Half the municipal area is wooded.

History

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In 1318, Oberhosenbach had its first documentary mention as Volmarshusenbach.

Politics

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Municipal council

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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 chairwoman.[3]

Mayor

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Oberhosenbach's mayor is Kirsten Beetz, and her deputies are Reinhold Noll and Gabriele Wolter.[4]

Coat of arms

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The municipality's arms might be described thus: Per bend vert a cross Latin Or and Or a lion rampant gules armed and langued azure.

Culture and sightseeing

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The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:[5]

  • Hauptstraße 9 – Quereinhaus (a combination residential and commercial house divided for these two purposes down the middle, perpendicularly to the street), Firstständer building, 1696
  • Hauptstraße 34 – Quereinhaus, 1903; bakehouse typical of the time of building

Economy and infrastructure

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Running south of the municipality is Bundesstraße 41. Serving nearby Fischbach is a railway station on the Nahe Valley Railway (BingenSaarbrücken).

References

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  1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Birkenfeld, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 10 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
  3. ^ Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat
  4. ^ "Oberhosenbach's council". Archived from the original on 2016-09-17. Retrieved 2011-10-22.
  5. ^ Directory of Cultural Monuments in Birkenfeld district
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