Obererbach, Westerwaldkreis

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Obererbach
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Obererbach
Obererbach, Westerwaldkreis (Germany)
Obererbach, Westerwaldkreis
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Wallmerod
Mayor Reinhard Krämer
Basic statistics
Area 2.60 km² (1 sq mi)
Elevation 240 m  (787 ft)
Population 511  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 197 /km² (509 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate WW
Postal code 56414
Area code 06435
Website http://www.obererbach.de.vu
Location of Obererbach within Westerwaldkreis district
Map

Coordinates: 50°26′33″N 07°58′00″E / 50.4425, 7.966667

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

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[edit] Geography

[edit] Location

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 found only in Rhineland-Palatinate. Its seat is in the like-named town.

[edit] History

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

[edit] Politics

[edit] Community council

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

[edit] Economy and infrastructure

[edit] Transport

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

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This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.