Oberrod

Oberrod is a municipality in the Westerwald district in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Rennerod.

• 4.1 Cultural Monuments
• 4.2 Natural Monuments
• 4.3 Regular events

• 5.1 traffic

Geographical location

The community lies in the Westerwald on the border with Hesse. The nearest major cities are victories (34 km north), Wetzlar (27 km east) and Limburg an der Lahn (24 km south). Through the town flows the vice Bach.

History

Oberrod was first documented in 1290.

Policy

Parish council

The council Oberrod 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.

The mayor is Klaus arbor.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms description reads: " Split front in gold, a black band with roof skylights and silver door - like window openings, the rear by an obliquely rising, upward splits tapered silver wave beams of blue and green, down a sloping left silver Rodehacke. "

Coat of Arms Description: The colors blue and gold point to the long-standing affiliation with the Duchy of Nassau, the green represents the forest wealth and the former agricultural orientation of the village. The silver wave bar represents the current flowing through the city vice Bach. The black band is the " St. Joseph's Chapel ", the oldest and most important building in Oberrod. The grubbing hoe finally makes the connection to local foundation, a slash, and so forth the relationship with the place name.

Culture and sights

Cultural Monuments

In Oberrod are the former town hall, the Catholic Church of St. Joseph and a arisen around 1700 half-timbered building under monument protection.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Oberrod

Natural Monuments

• At the chapel in Oberrod is an old lime tree, which is designated as a nature monument since 1977 ( registered under ND 7143-458 )
• Northeast of the town, situated on the former municipality Pasture is the so-called " Hutebuche ' (Fagus sylvatica), placed under protection since 1985 ( registered under ND 7143-468 )

See also: list of natural monuments in Oberrod

Regular events

• One of the oldest clubs is the Shooting Club St. Hubertus 1910 Oberrod eV The association organizes every year at Pentecost, a three-day shooting match.
• Mid- August there is the Backes and Fountain Festival. A local specialty is baked in a wood oven in a traditional way " Flappeskuchen ".

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

• West of the church the B54, which runs from Limburg an der Lahn to Siegen runs.
• The nearest motorway junction is Herborn on the A45 Dortmund - Hanau, about 23 kilometers away.
• The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur the high-speed line Cologne-Rhine/Main.