Obererbach, Westerwaldkreis

Obererbach
Obererbach
	Coat of arms
	Location of Obererbach within Westerwaldkreis district
	Obererbach Obererbach
	Coordinates: 50°26′33″N 07°58′00″E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Wallmerod
Government
• Mayor	Reinhard Krämer
Area
• Total	2.60 km2 (1.00 sq mi)
Elevation	240 m (790 ft)
Population (2019-12-31)[1]
• Total	489
• Density	190/km2 (490/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	56414
Dialling codes	06435
Vehicle registration	WW
Website	http://www.obererbach.de.vu

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

Geography

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.

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

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

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.

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