Obererbach, Westerwaldkreis

For Obererbach near Altenkirchen, see Obererbach.

Municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Obererbach

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Location of Obererbach within Westerwaldkreis district

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Coordinates: 50°26′33″N 07°58′00″E﻿ / ﻿50.44250°N 7.96667°E﻿ / 50.44250; 7.96667
Country| Germany
State| Rhineland-Palatinate
District| Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.| Wallmerod
Government

• Mayor (2019-24) | Martin Schönfeld[1]
Area

• Total| 2.60 km2 (1.00 sq mi)
Elevation

| 240 m (790 ft)
Population

(2022-12-31)[2]

• Total| 497
• Density| 190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes|

56414

Dialling codes| 06435
Vehicle registration| WW
Website| www.obererbach.eu

Obererbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

## Geography

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The community lies in the Westerwald between Montabaur and Limburg an der Lahn. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wallmerod, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

## History

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In 1290, Obererbach had its first documentary mention as Erlebach.

## Politics

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The municipal council is made up of 12 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

## Economy and infrastructure

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Running right through the community is Kreisstraße 160, which joins Bundesstraße 8 in Malmeneich. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3 (Cologne-Frankfurt), some 7 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

## References

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1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.

## External links

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* Obererbach (in German)

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Towns and municipalities in Westerwaldkreis

* Ailertchen
* Alpenrod
* Alsbach
* Arnshöfen
* Astert
* Atzelgift
* Bad Marienberg
* Bannberscheid
* Bellingen
* Berod bei Wallmerod
* Berzhahn
* Bilkheim
* Boden
* Bölsberg
* Borod
* Brandscheid
* Breitenau
* Bretthausen
* Caan
* Daubach
* Deesen
* Dernbach
* Dreifelden
* Dreikirchen
* Dreisbach
* Ebernhahn
* Eitelborn
* Elbingen
* Ellenhausen
* Elsoff
* Enspel
* Ettinghausen
* Ewighausen
* Fehl-Ritzhausen
* Freilingen
* Freirachdorf
* Gackenbach
* Gehlert
* Gemünden
* Giesenhausen
* Girkenroth
* Girod
* Goddert
* Görgeshausen
* Großholbach
* Großseifen
* Guckheim
* Hachenburg
* Hahn am See
* Hahn bei Marienberg
* Halbs
* Hardt
* Hartenfels
* Härtlingen
* Hattert
* Heilberscheid
* Heiligenroth
* Heimborn
* Helferskirchen
* Hellenhahn-Schellenberg
* Hergenroth
* Herschbach, Selters
* Herschbach, Wallmerod
* Heuzert
* Hilgert
* Hillscheid
* Höchstenbach
* Hof
* Höhn
* Höhr-Grenzhausen
* Holler
* Homberg
* Horbach
* Hübingen
* Hüblingen
* Hundsangen
* Hundsdorf
* Irmtraut
* Kaden
* Kadenbach
* Kammerforst
* Kirburg
* Kölbingen
* Kroppach
* Krümmel
* Kuhnhöfen
* Kundert
* Langenbach bei Kirburg
* Langenhahn
* Lautzenbrücken
* Leuterod
* Liebenscheid
* Limbach
* Linden
* Lochum
* Luckenbach
* Mähren
* Marienrachdorf
* Maroth
* Marzhausen
* Maxsain
* Merkelbach
* Meudt
* Mogendorf
* Molsberg
* Montabaur
* Mörlen
* Mörsbach
* Moschheim
* Mudenbach
* Mündersbach
* Müschenbach
* Nauort
* Nentershausen
* Neuhäusel
* Neunkhausen
* Neunkirchen
* Neustadt
* Niederahr
* Niederelbert
* Niedererbach
* Niederroßbach
* Niedersayn
* Nister
* Nisterau
* Nister-Möhrendorf
* Nistertal
* Nomborn
* Nordhofen
* Norken
* Oberahr
* Oberelbert
* Obererbach
* Oberhaid
* Oberrod
* Oberroßbach
* Ötzingen
* Pottum
* Quirnbach
* Ransbach-Baumbach
* Rehe
* Rennerod
* Roßbach
* Rotenhain
* Rothenbach
* Rückeroth
* Ruppach-Goldhausen
* Salz
* Salzburg
* Schenkelberg
* Seck
* Selters
* Sessenbach
* Sessenhausen
* Siershahn
* Simmern
* Stahlhofen
* Stahlhofen am Wiesensee
* Staudt
* Stein-Neukirch
* Stein-Wingert
* Steinebach an der Wied
* Steinefrenz
* Steinen
* Stockhausen-Illfurth
* Stockum-Püschen
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* Unnau
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* Wied
* Willingen
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* Winnen
* Wirges
* Wirscheid
* Wittgert
* Wölferlingen
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