Oberkirch (Baden)
Oberkirch (Low Alemannic: Owerkirch) is a city in Western Baden-Württemberg, Germany about 12 km North-East of Offenburg and belongs to the Ortenaukreis district.
Twin towns
Oberkirch is twinned with Haverfordwest which is a town in Pembrokeshire, in Wales in the United Kingdom, and Oosterzele, a town in Oost-Vlaanderen, in Belgium.
Gallery
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Churchtower (Sankt Cyriak Kirche) in Oberkirch -
Mühlbach channel in the historic city center -
Historical facade from 1659 -
"Ronia the Robber's Daughter" at an open-air theater (2006)
People from Oberkirch
- Karl Stecher (1831-1923), painter, moved to Paris, New York & Wichita, Kansas
- Bernhard Maier (born 1963), professor of religious studies, publishes mainly on Celtic culture and religion.
- Michael Gerber (born 1970), Roman Catholic bishop (of Fulda)
References
- ^ Oberbürgermeisterwahl Oberkirch 2022, Staatsanzeiger.
- ^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.
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