Oberwampach
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Oberwampach
| image_skyline = Kirche Oberwampach 01.jpg
| caption = Oberwampach Church
| native_name = Uewerwampech
| native_name_lang =
| settlement_type = Former commune of Luxembourg
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Luxembourg
| subdivision_type1 = District
| subdivision_name1 = Diekirch
| subdivision_type2 = Canton
| subdivision_name2 = Clervaux
| established_title = Created
| established_date = Original commune
| extinct_title = Abolished
| extinct_date = 1 January 1978
| blank_name_sec1 = Currently
| blank_info_sec1 = Part of Wincrange
}}
Oberwampach ({{langx|lb|Uewerwampech}}) is a village in the commune of Wincrange, in northern Luxembourg. {{As of|2024}}, the village had a population of 263.{{Cite web |url=https://data.public.lu/fr/datasets/registre-national-des-personnes-physiques-rnpp-population-par-localite-population-per-locality/ |title=Registre national des personnes physiques RNPP : Population par localité |date=2024-01-07 |website=data.public.lu}}
Oberwampach was a commune in the canton of Clervaux until 1 January 1978, when it was merged with the communes of Asselborn, Boevange, and Hachiville to form the new commune of Wincrange. The law creating Wincrange was passed on 31 October 1977.{{cite web | url=http://www.legilux.public.lu/leg/a/archives/1977/0700112/0700112.pdf#page=2 | title=Mémorial A, 1977, No. 70 | access-date=2006-08-11 | format=PDF | publisher=Service central de législation | language=fr | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050426031936/http://www.legilux.public.lu/leg/a/archives/1977/0700112/0700112.pdf#page=2 | archive-date=2005-04-26 | url-status=dead }}
During the Battle of the Bulge, Oberwampach was the stage of a fierce battle between German and American troops in January 1945.{{cite book |last= Bergstrom |first= Christer |date=2014 |title= The Ardennes, 1944-1945 |pages=300–303 |isbn=9781612002774}}
Former commune
The former commune consisted of the villages:
- Allerborn
- Brachtenbach
- Derenbach
- Niederwampach
- Schimpach
- Oberwampach
- Birkenhof (lieu-dit)
- Buschweg (lieu-dit)
- Schimpach-Station (lieu-dit)
People
Soldier and military engineer Johan Caspar von Cicignon was born in Oberwampach circa 1625.
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Category:Villages in Luxembourg
Category:Former communes of Luxembourg
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