Oppenweiler is a town in the Rems-Murr district in

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History

Oppenweiler merged with Reichenberg on 1 April 1938.

Geography

The municipality ('' Gemeinde'') of Oppenweiler is located in the Rems-Murr district of

, one of the 16 States of the

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. Oppenweiler is situated between the

Löwenstein Hills The Löwenstein Hills () are a hill range up to , in the counties of Landkreis Heilbronn, Heilbronn, Landkreis Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg, Rems-Murr-Kreis and Hohenlohekreis in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. They are named after the town of ...

to the north and the to the south, in the greater region of the

Swabian-Franconian Forest The Swabian-Franconian Forest (, also ''Schwäbisch-Fränkischer Wald'') is a mainly forested, deeply incised upland region, 1,187 km² in area and up to , in the northeast of Baden-Württemberg. It forms natural region major unit number 108 w ...

. Elevation above sea level in the municipal area ranges from a high of

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(NN) to a low of NN.

Politics

Oppenweiler has one borough (''Ortsteil''), Oppenweiler, and 12 villages: Aichelbach, Bernhalden, Ellenweiler, Reichenbach, Reichenberg, Reutenhof, Rohrbach, Rüflensmühle, Schiffrain, Unterstaigacker, Wilhelmsheim, and Zell. Also in the municipal area is the industrial district of Wachthäusle and the

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of Charlottenhof and Giselmar.

Coat of arms

Oppenweiler's

coat of arms A coat of arms is a heraldry, heraldic communication design, visual design on an escutcheon (heraldry), escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the last two being outer garments), originating in Europe. The coat of arms on an escutcheon f ...

shows a

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crossed by a red bend dexter that houses three yellow ax heads. The

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is identical to that of Baden's, but with the addition of the ax heads to reference the , who inhabited Oppenweiler from 1288 until their extinction in 1901. This coat of arms was awarded to Oppenweiler with a municipal flag by the government of Baden-Württemberg on 14 November 1955.

Transportation

Oppenweiler is connected to Germany's network of roadways by the

Bundesstraße 14 {{Infobox road , country = DEU , type = B , route = 14 , map = B014 Verlauf.svg , map_notes = , length_km = 464 , direction_a = West , terminus_a = , direction_b = East , terminus_b = , states = ...

and to its rail network by the

Waiblingen–Schwäbisch Hall railway The Waiblingen–Schwäbisch Hall railway (also known in German as the Murrbahn—Murr Railway—or the Murrtalbahn—Murr Valley Railway) is a major railway in the German state of Baden-Württemberg and the shortest rail link between Stuttgart an ...

. Local public transportation is provided by the

Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund Stuttgart The ''Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund Stuttgart GmbH'' (VVS; ) is a List of German transport associations, transport association that coordinates the local public transport in Stuttgart, the capital of Baden-Württemberg, as well as in the neighbouri ...

References

External links

* (in German) {{Authority control Rems-Murr-Kreis