Obererbach | |
Image Coa: | Wappen Obererbach (Wallmerod).svg |
Coordinates: | 50.4425°N 7.9667°W |
Image Plan: | Obererbach im Westerwaldkreis.png |
State: | Rheinland-Pfalz |
District: | Westerwaldkreis |
Verbandsgemeinde: | Wallmerod |
Elevation: | 240 |
Area: | 2.60 |
Postal Code: | 56414 |
Area Code: | 06435 |
Licence: | WW |
Gemeindeschlüssel: | 07 1 43 058 |
Mayor: | Martin Schönfeld[1] |
Leader Term: | 2019 - 24 |
Obererbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
The community lies in the Westerwald between Montabaur and Limburg an der Lahn. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wallmerod, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.
In 1290, Obererbach had its first documentary mention as Erlebach.
The municipal council is made up of 12 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.
Running right through the community is Kreisstraße 160, which joins Bundesstraße 8 in Malmeneich. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3 (Cologne - Frankfurt), some 7 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.