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Oberkirch (Low Alemannic: Owerkirch) is a city in Western Baden-Württemberg, Germany about 12 km North-East of Offenburg and belongs to the Ortenaukreis district.
Oberkirch | |
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Location of Oberkirch within Ortenaukreis district | |
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 | 69.13 km2 (26.69 sq mi) |
Elevation | 192 m (630 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 20,092 |
• 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 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.
- Churchtower (Sankt Cyriak Kirche) in Oberkirch
- Mühlbach channel in the historic city center
- Historical facade from 1659
- "Ronia the Robber's Daughter" at an open-air theater (2006)
People from Oberkirch
edit- Karl Stecher (1831-1923), painter
- Michael Gerber (born 1970), Roman Catholic bishop
References
edit- ^ Oberbürgermeisterwahl Oberkirch 2022, Staatsanzeiger.
- ^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Oberkirch (Baden).
- (in German) Information about and images
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