Oberkirch (Baden)
Oberkirch | |
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Oberkirch | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Oberkirch within Ortenaukreis district | |
Oberkirch Oberkirch | |
| Coordinates: 48°32′N 8°5′E / 48.533°N 8.083°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Freiburg |
| District | Ortenaukreis |
| Subdivisions | Kernstadt and 9 Stadtteile |
| Government | |
| • Lord mayor (2023–31) | Gregor Bühler[1] (CDU) |
| Area | |
• Total | 69.09 km2 (26.68 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 192 m (630 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 19,898 |
| • Density | 290/km2 (750/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 77695–77704 |
| Dialling codes | 07802 und 07805 |
| Vehicle registration | OG, BH, KEL, LR, WOL |
| Website | www.oberkirch.de |
Oberkirch (German pronunciation: [ˈoːbɐkɪʁç] ⓘ; Low Alemannic: Owerkirch) is a city in Western Baden-Württemberg, Germany about 12 km North-East of Offenburg and belongs to the Ortenaukreis district.
Twin towns
Oberkirch is twinned with Haverfordwest which is a town in Pembrokeshire, in Wales in the United Kingdom, and Oosterzele, a town in Oost-Vlaanderen, in Belgium.
Gallery
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Churchtower (Sankt Cyriak Kirche) in Oberkirch
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Mühlbach channel in the historic city center
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Historical facade from 1659
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"Ronia the Robber's Daughter" at an open-air theater (2006)
People from Oberkirch
- Karl Stecher (1831-1923), painter, moved to Paris, New York & Wichita, Kansas
- Bernhard Maier (born 1963), professor of religious studies, publishes mainly on Celtic culture and religion.
- Michael Gerber (born 1970), Roman Catholic bishop (of Fulda)
References
- ^ Oberbürgermeisterwahl Oberkirch 2022, Staatsanzeiger.
- ^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2023 (Fortschreibung auf Basis des Zensus 2022)" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2023 (updated based on the 2022 census)] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Oberkirch (Baden).
- (in German) Information about and images