Oberraden
Oberraden is a municipality in the district of Neuwied in the north of Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Rengsdorf.
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Geography
The place is situated in Rhein-Westerwald Nature Park north of Rengsdorf. The municipality belongs to the district of Oberraden Niederraden.
History
The place Oberraden was first mentioned in 1139 in a confirmation document by Pope Innocent II, called " Haden Hagen " as a possession of the abbey Laach. In 1147, the Court Niederraden first time by Pope Eugene III was. mentioned as Laacher property. The place met henceforth under varying spellings: Adinhan, Adenhan, Adenhayn, Adenowe, Hadenhaga and Haden Hagen. The lords of Aden gave the place the name (Upper Aden). The Laacher Abbot Fulbert (1152-1177) gave in 1155 the place Folcholderoth ( deserted village near Anhausen ) the Ruthard of Adenhagen ( Oberraden ), which is already the local nobility ( those of Aden) had been formed. The courtiers in Haden Hagen are encountered more frequently in the future, when the so-called Kindgedinge ( Distribution of Children) is performed by the rule. Hen of Oberraden called 1475 a free - mayor. The wiedischen Earl took possession in the time of the Reformation of the possessions in and around Oberraden / Niederraden. The people liberate themselves in the middle of the 18th century from serfdom, this with reference to the past castor Höfer shaft. As of 1815, the basic rule of Upper and Lower Raden is Prussian.
The development of the inhabitants of Upper Raden, the values from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:
Policy
Parish council
The local council in Oberraden 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 coat of arms description reads: "In a green silvery wave bar to the left, down a black three- mountain, covered with silver ploughshare and it left a growing spherical tree, above a golden, eight-spoked wheel".
The wheel in the coat of arms illustration is not to be understood as a reference to agriculture but is derived from the coat of arms of the lords to top ADEN. The silver wave bar symbolizes the Aubach, which flows east through Oberraden. The tree on the Coat of Arms is a 160 year old oak tree in Aubachtal ball. It stands on the territory of the former bone mill.
Local government reform in 1974
As part of the executed with effect from March 17, 1974 local government reform in Rhineland- Palatinate, the formerly independent municipality Niederraden and Oberraden were merged with this date.
Economy and infrastructure
Traffic
West of the parish B 256, which runs from Neuwied to Old churches runs. The nearest motorway junction is Neuwied on the A 3 The nearest ICE railway station is in Montabaur on the high-speed line Cologne-Rhine/Main.