Oberehe-Stroheich

Oberehe - Stroheich is a municipality in the volcanic Eifel region of Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the Hillesheim.

Geography

Oberehe - Stroheich is located in the Natural Park of the Volcanic Eifel. Districts are the two eponymous villages Oberehe and Stroheich. The municipality also includes the residential places Laubachs - yard and upper Rather mill.

History

The community village Oberehe appears for the first time in 1218 in a document issued for the monastery Niederehe confirmation deed of Archbishop Engelbert of Cologne.

The community Oberehe - Stroheich was by the municipal reform in Rhineland -Palatinate on November 7, 1970 from the previously independent municipalities Oberehe (then 188 inhabitants) and Stroheich (175 inhabitants) newly formed.

The development of the inhabitants of Upper marriage Stroheich based on the present-day municipality; the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Upper marriage Stroheich consists of twelve council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 by majority vote, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Coat of arms

The blazon is: " In split front plate in gold, a green, upward directed oak leaf with acorn, rear five-petalled in green three silver flowers with red hickeys pile as ".

Meaning: The dichotomy of the arms points to the two districts Stroheich and Oberehe. The green oak leaf on a golden background represents the district Stroheich with its large stands of oak and provides the names of places in the form of a persuasive Crest dar. The district Oberehe is symbolized by the inclusion of the coat of arms of the Knights of Overee with three silver flowers that since 14 are. century detectable.

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