Oberhosenbach

Oberhosenbach

Coat of arms
Oberhosenbach

Coordinates: 49°48′52″N 07°19′53″E / 49.81444°N 7.33139°E / 49.81444; 7.33139Coordinates: 49°48′52″N 07°19′53″E / 49.81444°N 7.33139°E / 49.81444; 7.33139
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Birkenfeld
Municipal assoc. Herrstein
Government
  Mayor Kirsten Beetz
Area
  Total 4.14 km2 (1.60 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)[1]
  Total 145
  Density 35/km2 (91/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 55758
Dialling codes 06785
Vehicle registration BIR
Website www.vg-herrstein.de

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 of Herrstein, whose seat is in the like-named municipality.

Geography

Location

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

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

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 chairwoman.[2]

Mayor

Oberhosenbach’s mayor is Kirsten Beetz, and her deputies are Reinhold Noll and Gabriele Wolter.[3]

Coat of arms

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

Buildings

The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:[4]

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

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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