Oberrieden (Bad Sooden-Allendorf)

Oberrieden
Stadtteil of Bad Sooden-Allendorf
Oberrieden
Coordinates: 51°18′N 9°55′E / 51.300°N 9.917°E / 51.300; 9.917Coordinates: 51°18′N 9°55′E / 51.300°N 9.917°E / 51.300; 9.917
Country Germany
State Hesse
Admin. region Kassel
District Werra-Meißner
Town Bad Sooden-Allendorf
Area
  Total 6.78 km2 (2.62 sq mi)
Population
  Total 650
  Density 96/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 37242
Dialling codes 05542
Vehicle registration ESW + WIZ
Website Oberrieden

Oberrieden is a village in the northern part of Hesse, Germany. First recorded mention was in 1150. Since 1971 it belongs to the town of Bad Sooden-Allendorf.

Location

The village of Oberrieden lies in the Werra valley near the Hoher Meißner, right on the boundary with Thuringia, almost at Germany's geographical centre, 33 km east of Kassel. The Bebra-Göttingen railway touches the village in the east.

Neighbouring villages

Oberrieden borders in the east on the community of Lindewerra (Thuringia's Eichsfeld district), in the south on the village of Ellershausen, in the west on the village Hilgershausen and in the north on the villages of Werleshausen and Wendershausen (town of Witzenhausen).

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