Oberwesel

Oberwesel
Coat of arms of Oberwesel
Location of Oberwesel within Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district
Oberwesel is located in Germany
Oberwesel
Oberwesel
Oberwesel is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Oberwesel
Oberwesel
Coordinates: 50°06′40″N 7°43′17″E / 50.11111°N 7.72139°E / 50.11111; 7.72139
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictRhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
Municipal assoc.St. Goar-Oberwesel
Subdivisions4
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Marius Stiehl[1] (CDU)
Area
 • Total18.11 km2 (6.99 sq mi)
Elevation
75 m (246 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total2,864
 • Density160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
55430
Dialling codes06744
Vehicle registrationSIM
Websitewww.st.goar-oberwesel.de
The Rhine Gorge at Oberwesel
a 17th-century engraving of Oberwesel by Wenceslas Hollar

Oberwesel (German: [oːbɐˈveːzl̩] ) 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.

  1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 4 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.

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