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Obererbach
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Location of Obererbach within Westerwaldkreis district
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| Administration | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Wallmerod |
| Mayor | Reinhard Krämer |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 2.60 km2 (1.00 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 240 m (787 ft) |
| Population | 531 (31 December 2010)[1] |
| - Density | 204 /km2 (529 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | WW |
| Postal code | 56414 |
| Area code | 06435 |
| Website | http://www.obererbach.de.vu |
Obererbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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The community lies in the Westerwald between Montabaur and Limburg an der Lahn. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wallmerod, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.
In 1290, Obererbach had its first documentary mention as Erlebach.
The council is made up of 12 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.
Running right through the community is Kreisstraße (district road) 160, which joins Bundesstraße 8 in Malmeneich. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 7 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.