Obernau (Rottenburg)

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Obernau is a district of Rottenburg am Neckar in the administrative district of Tübingen in Baden- Württemberg ( Germany ).

• 2.1 Population development

Geography

Obernau is located approximately six kilometers west of Rottenburg am Neckar in the Neckar valley.

Expansion

The total area of the village is 378 ha Obernau Of this amount, 54.2 % on agricultural land, 7.9% to settlement and traffic area, 34.7 % of forest area, 1.9% to 1.3% of water and rest on the Terms.

Neighboring towns

The following places are adjacent to Obernau, they are listed clockwise starting in the north: Nellingsheim, bathroom Niedernau, waterfall village and Bieringen (all district of Tübingen ).

Population

In Obernau about 500 inhabitants ( end of January 2008) on an area of 3.78 km ². The population density is 133 Obernaus inhabitants per square kilometer.

Population Development

History

Obernau 1385 first mentioned. A local castle Ouwe but is not mentioned since 1095 as the seat of the Knights of Ow, to those with a certain probability, the poet Hartmann von Aue belonged. Since 1467 the parsonage was managed by the Canons Regular of St. Moriz in Rottenburg. Only since the dissolution of the congregation in 1806, the parish became independent. Since 1998, the parish of St. Moriz is responsible for the pastoral and organizational support of the Upper parish again. The parish church of St. Peter and Paul was built in 1805.

Transport links

The Upper Neckar Railway from Tübingen to Horb am Neckar runs through the neighboring bathroom Niedernau, from there you can Obernau walk or take a bus.