Oberwesel
Sign in to savethumb|The Rhine Gorge at Oberwesel thumb|a 17th-century engraving of Oberwesel by Wenceslas Hollar Oberwesel () is a town on the Middle Rhine in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Hunsrück-Mittelrhein, whose seat is in Emmelshausen.
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.image_photo
- Schönburg Flaggenwiese.JPG
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Oberwesel COA.svg
- German location.image_plan
- Oberwesel in SIM.svg
- German location.state
- Rheinland-Pfalz
- German location.district
- Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
- German location.Verbandsgemeinde
- St. Goar-Oberwesel
- German location.elevation
- 75
- German location.area
- 18.08
- German location.postal_code
- 55430
- German location.area_code
- 06744
- German location.licence
- SIM
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 07 1 40 112
- German location.divisions
- 4
- German location.mayor
- Marius Stiehl
- German location.leader_term
- 2019–24
- German location.party
- CDU
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
- Population
- 2899
- Area
- 18.08
- Elevation
- 75
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Niederburg
- Author
- Martin Zeiler
- Official website
- www.oberwesel.de
- Image
- Schönburg Flaggenwiese.JPG
- Dialing code
- 06744
- Licence plate code
- SIM
Show 7 more facts
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- Commons category
- Oberwesel
- postal code
- 55430
- P8168
- Arabella Kiesbauer
- language of work or name
- German
- hashtag
- Oberwesel
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Encyclopedic overview
28 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Location
- Constituent communities
- Climate
- History
- "Saint" Werner
- Amalgamations
- Politics
- Town council
- Mayor
- Coat of arms
- Culture and sightseeing
- Buildings
- Oberwesel (main centre)
- Weiler-Boppard
- Dellhofen
- Engehöll
- Langscheid
- Further information about buildings and sites
- Museums
- Regular events
- Winegrowing
- Famous people
- Sons and daughters of the town
- Further reading
- Documents
- References
- External links
thumb|The Rhine Gorge at Oberwesel thumb|a 17th-century engraving of Oberwesel by Wenceslas Hollar Oberwesel () is a town on the Middle Rhine in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Hunsrück-Mittelrhein, whose seat is in Emmelshausen.
==Geography==
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