Obernkirchen

Obernkirchen
Town
Aerial view
Coat of arms
Location of Obernkirchen within Schaumburg district
Obernkirchen Show map of Germany Obernkirchen Show map of Lower Saxony
Coordinates: 52°15′59″N 9°7′4″E
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Schaumburg
Subdivisions	5
Government
• Mayor (2021–26)	Dörte Worm-Kressin[1] (Ind.)
Area
• Total	32.55 km^2 (12.57 sq mi)
Elevation	209 m (686 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	9,360
• Density	290/km^2 (740/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	31683
Dialling codes	0 57 24
Vehicle registration	SHG
Website	www.obernkirchen.de

Obernkirchen (German pronunciation: [oːbɐnˈkɪʁçən]) is a town in the district of Schaumburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 8 km southwest of Stadthagen, and 15 km east of Minden.

Obernkirchen is a small town in the shadows of the Bückeberg, a hill range in the Weser Uplands. It overlooks the vast lower lying part of the old county of Schaumburg Lippe, now the district of Schaumburg, with the town of Bückeburg at its feet.

People

• August Oetker (1862–1918), inventor, food scientist and businessman

References

1. "Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021" (PDF). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. 13 October 2021.
2. "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.

External links

• Obernkirchen Children's Choir

Dinosaur footprint from a trackway near Obernkirchen