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Oppertshausen

Coordinates: 49°56′55″N 7°28′28″E / 49.94861°N 7.47444°E / 49.94861; 7.47444
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Oppertshausen
Coat of arms of Oppertshausen
Location of Oppertshausen within Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district
Oppertshausen is located in Germany
Oppertshausen
Oppertshausen
Oppertshausen is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Oppertshausen
Oppertshausen
Coordinates: 49°56′55″N 7°28′28″E / 49.94861°N 7.47444°E / 49.94861; 7.47444
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictRhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
Municipal assoc.Simmern-Rheinböllen
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Peter Konrad[1]
Area
 • Total1.52 km2 (0.59 sq mi)
Elevation
360 m (1,180 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total131
 • Density86/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
55469
Dialling codes06761
Vehicle registrationSIM
View from the south

Oppertshausen is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Simmern-Rheinböllen, whose seat is in Simmern.

Geography

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Location

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The municipality, a rural residential community, lies in the central Hunsrück in a gently sloping location at the Simmerbach valley. To the east lies the town of Simmern. and to the west lies the Kauerbach valley.

History

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Archaeological finds show that the area was settled in the New Stone Age, or in the time of the Hunsrück-Eifel Culture. In 1285, Oppertshausen had its first documentary mention. The village belonged to the Duchy of Palatinate-Simmern, which introduced the Reformation in 1556. Later, the Elector of the Palatinate was the landholder. Beginning in 1794, Oppertshausen lay under French rule. In 1814 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Politics

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Municipal council

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The council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.[3]

Mayor

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Oppertshausen's mayor is Peter Konrad.[4]

References

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  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.
  3. ^ Municipal election results for Oppertshausen
  4. ^ Oppertshausen’s mayor
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