Country Germany District Westerwaldkreis Elevation 240 m (790 ft) Area 2.6 km² Population 520 (31 Dec 2008) Dialling code 06435 | State Rhineland-Palatinate Municipal assoc. Wallmerod Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Local time Wednesday 3:28 AM Postal code 56414 | |
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Obererbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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Map of 56414 Obererbach, Germany
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. Its seat is in the like-named town.
History
In 1290, Obererbach had its first documentary mention as Erlebach.
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.
Transport
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.