Oberhambach

Upper Hambach is a municipality in the district of Birkenfeld, in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality of Birkenfeld. Upper Hambach is a nationally recognized tourist.

Geography

The place is located at Hambach in the Hunsrück. 57.5 percent of the district area is forested.

Just outside the village in a westerly direction is the acidulous water, a well-known for many centuries healing source. Primarily due to the high mineral content, which gives the water a very special taste, the source of their drinking water and is a popular destination.

History

The church today Oberhambach, then just called Hambach, belonged to the late 18th century to the Rear County of Sponheim. The place was eponymous for a " maintenance " and said Oberamt Birkenfeld assumed administrative and judicial district. To care Hambach included the villages Hattgenstein and Schwollen. In 1607 24 families lived in the village, in 1699 there were only 6 and in 1772 there were 38 142 inhabitants in 1790 were counted.

In 1794, the left bank of the Rhine was occupied by French revolutionary troops. From 1798 to 1814 Hambach belonged to the Canton Birkenfeld in the Saarland Department. Because of the Congress of Vienna (1815 ) agreements, the region came in 1817 to Oldenburg principality of Birkenfeld. The municipality was assigned to the mayor's Leisel in the Official Birkenfeld. From 1918 to Hambach belonged to Oldenburg " part of the country Birkenfeld " and in 1937 the Prussian district of Birkenfeld. The name change took place in Upper Hambach 1933, when the new municipality Niederhambach was formed from the neighboring communities Boesch Weiler, Burbach and Heupweiler. Since 1946 Oberhambach is part of Rhineland- Palatinate.

The development of the inhabitants of Upper Hambach, the values ​​to 1987 are based on Census:

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Oberhambach consists of eight 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 of the arms is: "Under red and silver geschachtem main shield in blue, a golden rectangle, in two rotgewandete figures that Aesculapius and Mercury represent ".

The head of the shield refers to the former belonging to the Rear County of Sponheim. The main panel shows a simplified illustration of the found near the Hambach sour fountain Eight Roman gods stone, which is now kept in the museum of local history Birkenfeld; Aesculapius is particular attention to the well-known for many centuries healing springs of the Hambach sour fountain ..