Oberalben
Oberalben is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Kusel-Altenglan, whose seat is in Kusel.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 230 residents
- Description: municipality of Germany
- Also known as: “07336070”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lichtenberg Castle and Musikantenland Museum.
Lichtenberg Castle
Castle
Photo: Kolling, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lichtenberg Castle is a ruin of the spur castle type; with a length of 425m it is the biggest castle ruin in Germany. It is located near Thallichtenberg in the district of Kusel in Rhineland-Palatinate. Lichtenberg Castle is situated 4 km southwest of Oberalben.
Musikantenland Museum
Museum
Photo: Dieter hahn, Public domain.
The Palatine Musikantenland Museum at Lichtenberg Castle near Thallichtenberg in the county of Kusel documents the history of the West Palatine wandering musicians, whose heyday was between 1850 and the First World War. Musikantenland Museum is situated 4 km southwest of Oberalben.
Urweltmuseum GEOSKOP
Museum
Photo: Kolling, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Urweltmuseum GEOSKOP is situated 4 km southwest of Oberalben.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kusel and Erdesbach.
Kusel
Town
Photo: 3268zauber, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kusel is a town in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the seat of the Kusel-Altenglan Verbandsgemeinde and is also the district seat. The well-known operatic tenor Fritz Wunderlich was born in Kusel. Kusel is situated 4½ km south of Oberalben.
Erdesbach
Village
Dennweiler-Frohnbach
Village
Dennweiler-Frohnbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Oberalben
- Categories: non-urban municipality in Germany and locality
- Location: Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
49.5785° or 49° 34′ 43″ northLongitude
7.4004° or 7° 24′ 1″ eastPopulation
230Elevation
306 metres (1,004 feet)Open location code
8FX9HCH2+95OpenStreetMap ID
node 240087797OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
6555131Wikidata ID
Q572406
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Waray—“Oberalben” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Oberalben”
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- Cebuano: “Oberalben”
- Chechen: “Оберальбен”
- Chinese: “Oberalben”
- Chinese: “上阿尔本”
- Chinese: “奥贝拉尔本”
- Chinese: “奧貝拉爾本”
- Dutch: “Oberalben”
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- French: “Oberalben”
- German: “Oberalben”
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- Japanese: “オーバーアルベン”
- Japanese: “オーベラルベン”
- Kurdish: “Oberalben”
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- Persian: “اوبرالبن”
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- Russian: “Оберальбен”
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- Serbian: “Обералбен”
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- Tatar: “Оберальбен”
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- Uzbek: “Обералбен”
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- Waray (Philippines): “Oberalben”
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