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| Oberkirch | ||
| federal state | Baden-Wuerttemberg | |
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| Residents | 20.066 (2019) | |
| height | 192 m | |
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Oberkirch (Baden) is a city on the Rench in the Ortenau.
background
The city of Oberkirch is located at the transition from Northern Black Forest to Baden Rhine Plain. The place, which was probably created by the Zähringers, was first mentioned in a document in the 11th century. Oberkirch has been part of Baden since 1803. Around 1970 a total of nine towns were incorporated, so Oberkirch had over 20,000 inhabitants and has been since 2004 Great county seat.
getting there
By plane
The Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden airport
(IATA: FKB) as well as the Strasbourg airport(IATA: SXB) are only about 35 km away. Even the international one airport Frankfurt(IATA: FRA) is easily accessible by road and rail through the Rhine Valley.
By train
Oberkirch has over the Renchtalbahn in Appenweier or in Offenburg Connection to the Rhine Valley Railway from Karlsruhe to Basel.
In the street
The B28 leads past Oberkirch on a bypass, from which there are three exits into the city. The B28 comes from the direction Strasbourg and Throat, crosses the A5
54 Appenweier and the B3 and continues eastward direction Oppenau and Freudenstadt away.
Oberkirch is on the Baden Wine Routewhich the city in north-south direction from Kappelrodeck and coming to the suburb Ringelbach crosses and after Durbach continues.
mobility
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Everything within Oberkirch is within walking distance.
A large parking lot with underground parking is centrally located on Josef-Geldreich-Straße. The parking fees are moderate.
A city bus connects Oberkirch with the suburbs every half hour during the day on a ring line.
Tourist Attractions
- 1 Schauenburg.
The ruin is the landmark of Oberkirch. - Of the Ullenburg only a few remains are preserved in the Tiergarten district, this is where the poet lived Grimmelshausen.
- In the old town hall of Oberkirch, a museum provides information about the town's history and the life of the author of the Simplicissimus.
- In the old town there are still a number of well-preserved half-timbered buildings and remains of the city wall
- The city garden in the city center
activities
shop
As a middle center, Oberkirch has large parts of the Renchtal and, in some cases, neighboring valleys as a catchment area. Accordingly, there are numerous supermarkets, discounters, drug stores, bakeries and butchers for everyday goods, a hardware store, furniture store, various boutiques, sports shops and a small department store. Most of the stores are on the Main road and the adjacent side streets, especially the traffic-calmed streets around Kirchplatz and the Mühlbach.
Wine is available from the Winzergenossenschaft, Renchener Straße, Weinhaus Julius Renner, Bahnhofstrasse and the wineries in the wine suburbs.
kitchen
Cafes
1 Cafe Mayer, Kirchplatz 5, 77704 Oberkirch. Tel.: (0)7802 705791, Fax: (0)7802 705793, Email: [email protected]. good selection of cakes, winter garden, lunch menu.Open: 6 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.
2 Cafe Gmeiner, Hauptstrasse 38, 77704 Oberkirch. Tel.: (0)7802 2629, Email: [email protected]. extreeem delicious cakes and quiches.Open: Mo – Fr 8:00 am – 6: 30 pm, Sa 8:00 am – 5: 30 pm, Sunday and public holidays 1: 00–6: 00 pm.
Cheap
medium
upscale
3 Upper linden tree, Hauptstrasse 25-27, 77704 Oberkirch. Tel.: 49 (0)7802 8020, Fax: (0)7802 3030, Email: [email protected]. First house on the square.Open: Tue - Sun 11.30 a.m. - 2 p.m., Tue - Sat 5.30 p.m. - 11 p.m., closed on Mondays (open on public holidays).
nightlife
accommodation
health
The hospital (Ortenau Klinikum) is located at Franz-Schubert-Straße 15, Fon: 07802 8010.
The nearest emergency clinics with a 24-hour emergency room are the St. Josef Clinic in Offenburg, Weingartenstrasse 70, Tel: 0781 472-6653, and the Offenburg-Ebertplatz Clinic, Ebertplatz 12, Tel. 0781 472-6600.
Practical advice
The telephone code is 07802.
The post office is in Eisenbahnstr. 9a, diagonally across from the train station. Phone: 07802 92670, opening times Mon-Fri 8:30 am-12: 30 pm and 2:30 pm-5:30pm, Sat 9 am-12pm.
A post office is located in the Peters department store, Hauptstrasse 7, Fon: 07802 93840.
Public Internet access (free of charge for holders of Oberkircher guest cards) is available from the media library, Hauptstraße 12. Opening times Tue, Wed, Fri 1 p.m. - 6 p.m., Thu 10 a.m. - 7 p.m., Sat 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Clock.
At high altitudes that are exposed to the west, the French mobile network often transmits more strongly than the German network. Smartphone users should set their device accordingly or at least keep an eye on them from time to time in order to avoid roaming cost traps.
trips
literature
Web links
https://www.oberkirch.de/ - Official website of Oberkirch
