Oberbergischer Rural District facts for kids

Coat of arms	Map

Quick facts for kids Oberbergischer Kreis
District
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Adm. region	Cologne
Capital	Gummersbach
Area
• Total	918.53 km2 (354.65 sq mi)
Population  (2003)
• Total	290.308
• Density	0.3160572/km2 (0.818584/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	GM
Website	http://www.oberbergischer-kreis.de

The Oberbergische Kreis is a Landkreis (rural district) in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Oberbergische means Upper Bergian, meaning it is the part of the mediaeval county of Berg which is up river. The other part of the county, lower down the river Wupper was called Niederbergisch or Lower Berg.

The districts in North Rhine Westphalia were changed between 1969/75. That is when the district coulod its currect size.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms is a joining of the heraldic signs of the territories the district belonged to. The red-white bar in the top symbolizes the County of Mark and the lion that of Berg. Homburg Castle (near Nümbrecht) was the seat of the Princes of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg.

Politics

District Administrator

• 1945-1951: Dr. August Dresbach, CDU
• 1951-1952: Fritz Eschmann, SPD
• 1952-1956: Wilhelm Henn, CDU
• 1956-1961: Fritz Eschmann, SPD
• 1961-1964: Reinhard Kaufmann, CDU
• 1964-1969: Dr. Heinrich Schild, CDU
• 1969-1989: Hans Wichelhaus, CDU
• 1989-1994: Hans-Leo Kausemann, CDU
• 1994-1999: Herbert Heidtman, SPD

Since the October 1st, 1999 there is only one (directly elected) District Administrator who at the same time is head of management:

• 1999-2004: Hans-Leo Kausemann, CDU
• 2004-today: Hagen Jobi, CDU

District Administrator for the management

• 1946-1979: Dr. Friedrich-Wilhelm Goldenbogen, CDU
• 1979-1987: Dr. Dieter Fuchs, CDU
• 1987-1994: Dr. Gert Ammermann, CDU
• 1995-1999: Heribert Rohr, SPD

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