Obernheim

Obernheim
Municipality
View across Obernheim
Coat of arms
Location of Obernheim within Zollernalbkreis district
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Coordinates: 48°09′45″N 08°51′42″E
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Tübingen
District	Zollernalbkreis
Government
• Mayor (2018–26)	Josef Ungermann[1]
Area
• Total	15.02 km^2 (5.80 sq mi)
Elevation	897 m (2,943 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	1,487
• Density	99/km^2 (260/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	72364
Dialling codes	07436
Vehicle registration	BL
Website	www.obernheim.de

Obernheim is a municipality of the Zollernalbkreis district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

History

Obernheim became a possession of the Kingdom of Württemberg in 1805 and was assigned to Oberamt Balingen [de]. Five years later, in 1810, it was reassigned to Oberamt Spaichingen [de], which was merged into Landkreis Balingen [de] in 1938. Obernheim grew and industrialized after the Second World War, first expanding in the 1950s to the north-east and west, and then in the 1970s to the north once more. As part of the 1973 Baden-Württemberg district reform [de], Landkreis Balingen was dissolved and Obernheim was assigned to the newly created Zollernalb district. There was further municipal growth to the northeast in the 1980s and 1990s.[3]

Geography

The municipality (Gemeinde) of Obernheimof is located along the southern edge Zollernalb district of Baden-Württemberg, one of the Federal Republic of Germany's 16 States. It lies along the border with Tuttlingen district and the western edge of the Kuppenalb [de], between the Upper and Lower Bära rivers, in the High Swabian Jura [de]. Elevation above sea level ranges in the municipality from a high of 988 meters (3,241 ft) Normalnull (NN) to a low of 751 meters (2,464 ft) NN.[3]

A portion of the Federally-protected Stromelsberg-Hessenbühl [de] nature reserve is located in Obernheim's municipal area.[3]

Demographics

Population development:[4]

Year Inhabitants 1990 1,529 2001 1,547 2011 1,450 2021 1,505

Coat of arms

Obernheim's coat of arms is a field of white crossed by a single blue bar. This pattern was adapted from the personal blazon of Johann von Obernheim, a local 14th century nobleman, and was approved for official use by the provisional post-WWII Württemberg-Hohenzollern government on 27 October 1950. A corresponding flag was issued on 15 January 1982.[3]

Transportation

Obernheim was connected to the Heuberg Railway until its station was closed in 1996. Local public transportation is provided by the Verkehrsverbund Neckar-Alb-Donau [de].[3]

References

1. Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 15 September 2021.
2. "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.
3. "Nusplingen". LEO-BW (in German). Baden-Württemberg. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
4. "Obernheim (Zollernalbkreis, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland) - Einwohnerzahlen, Grafiken, Karte, Lage, Wetter und Web-Informationen". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2023-12-07.

External links

• Official website (in German)