Oberkirch (Baden)

Oberkirch
Coat of arms
Oberkirch
Location of Oberkirch within Ortenaukreis district
Coordinates: 48°32′N 8°5′E / 48.533°N 8.083°ECoordinates: 48°32′N 8°5′E / 48.533°N 8.083°E
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Freiburg
District	Ortenaukreis
Government
• Lord Mayor	Matthias Braun (CDU)
Area
• Total	69.14 km^2 (26.70 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)[1]
• Total	19,665
• Density	280/km^2 (740/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	77695–77704
Dialling codes	07802 und 07805
Vehicle registration	OG
Website	www.oberkirch.de

Oberkirch is a town in Western Baden-Württemberg, Germany about 12 km North-East of Offenburg and belongs to the Ortenaukreis district.

Oberkirch is twinned with Haverfordwest which is a town in Pembrokeshire, in the country of Wales in the United Kingdom, and Oosterzele, a town in Oost-Vlaanderen, in Belgium.

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  Mühlbach channel in the historic city center

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  "Ronia the Robber's Daughter" at an open-air theater (2006)

References

1. "Gemeinden in Deutschland mit Bevölkerung am 31. Dezember 2013 (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011)". Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2014.

External links

• (German) Information about and images