Oberwesel

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Oberwesel
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Oberwesel
Oberwesel (Germany)
Oberwesel
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
Municipal assoc. St. Goar-Oberwesel
Town subdivisions 4
Mayor Manfred Zeuner (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area 18.11 km² (7 sq mi)
Elevation 75 m  (246 ft)
Population 3,169  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 175 /km² (453 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate SIM
Postal code 55430
Area code 06744
Website www.st.goar-oberwesel.de

Coordinates: 50°06′40″N 7°43′17″E / 50.11111, 7.72139

Oberwesel is a town in the Rhein-Hunsrück district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the left bank of the Rhine, approx. 30 km southeast of Koblenz. It is part of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Sankt Goar-Oberwesel.