Idar-Oberstein
Appearance
Idar-Oberstein | |
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Coordinates: 49°42′41″N 7°18′47″E / 49.71139°N 7.31306°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
District | Birkenfeld |
Government | |
• Lord mayor (2014–22) | Frank Frühauf[1] (CDU) |
Area | |
• Total | 91.56 km2 (35.35 sq mi) |
Elevation | 300 m (1,000 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 28,851 |
• Density | 320/km2 (820/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 55743 |
Dialling codes | 06781, 06784 |
Vehicle registration | BIR |
Website | www.idar-oberstein.de |
Idar-Oberstein is a town in Birkenfeld in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. About 30,000 people lived there.
Idar-Oberstein is known as a gemstone and garrison town. It is also the largest town in the Hunsrück.
Actor Bruce Willis was born here.
Twin towns
[change | change source]Idar-Oberstein is twinned with:
- Achicourt, France
- Les Mureaux, France
- Margate, England, United Kingdom
- Turnov, Czech Republic
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Wahlen der Bürgermeister der verbandsfreien Gemeinden, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 30 July 2021.
- ↑ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
Other websites
[change | change source]- Media related to Idar-Oberstein at Wikimedia Commons