Oberkirch (Baden)

{{Infobox German place

|type = City

|name = Oberkirch

|image_coa = DEU Oberkirch COA.svg

|image_photo = Oberkirch.jpg

|image_caption = Oberkirch

|coordinates = {{coord|48|32|N|8|5|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|image_plan = Oberkirch in OG.svg

|state = Baden-Württemberg

|region = Freiburg

|district = Ortenaukreis

|elevation = 192

|area = 69.09

|postal_code = 77695–77704

|area_code = 07802 und 07805

|licence = OG, BH, KEL, LR, WOL

|Gemeindeschlüssel = 08 3 17 089

|divisions = Kernstadt and 9 Stadtteile

|website = [https://www.oberkirch.de/ www.oberkirch.de]

|mayor = Gregor Bühler[https://www.staatsanzeiger.de/wahl/oberbuergermeisterwahl-oberkirch-2022/ Oberbürgermeisterwahl Oberkirch 2022], Staatsanzeiger.

|leader_term = 2023–31

|Bürgermeistertitel = Oberbürgermeister

|party = CDU

}}

Oberkirch ({{IPA|de|ˈoːbɐkɪʁç|-|De-Oberkirch.ogg}}; 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 ==

File:Oberkirch, toren van de Sankt Cyriak Kirche IMG 5302 2023-05-06 09.10.jpg|Churchtower (Sankt Cyriak Kirche) in Oberkirch

Image:Oberkirch Rench.jpg|Mühlbach channel in the historic city center

File:Oberkirch Oberen Linde 343.jpg|Historical facade from 1659

Image:Weissmann_Oberkirch_2006.jpg|"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

External links

{{in lang|de}} [https://www.alemannische-seiten.de/deutschland/oberkirch.php Information about and images]

Category:Ortenaukreis