Oberwesel

Oberwesel is a small town in the scenic Rhine Gorge or . With a population in 2018 of 2813, it's on the left bank of the Rhine 3 km upstream from the Lorelei rock outcrop. There are many historic buildings and sections of the old town walls.
  • Town with 3,510 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 189 metres (620 feet)
  • Description: municipality of Germany
  • Also known as
    “07140112”
    “Stadt Oberwesel”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Schönburg and Oberwesel station.
The is a castle above the medieval town…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kaub and Dörscheid.
is a municipality in the district…
is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality…

Oberwesel

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Latitude
50.1075° or 50° 6′ 27″ north
Longitude
7.7266° or 7° 43′ 36″ east
Open location code
9F294P5G+2J
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Open­Street­Map feature
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Oberwesel” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أوبرفيزل”
  • Cebuano: “Oberwesel”
  • Chechen: “Обервезель”
  • Chinese: “上韋瑟爾”
  • Chinese: “上韦瑟尔”
  • Czech: “Oberwesel”
  • Danish: “Oberwesel”
  • Dutch: “Oberwesel”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اوبرفيزل”
  • Esperanto: “Oberwesel”
  • Finnish: “Oberwesel”
  • French: “Oberwesel”
  • German: “Oberwesel”
  • German: “Vesavia”
  • Hebrew: “אוברוזל”
  • Hungarian: “Oberwesel”
  • Ido: “Oberwesel”
  • Irish: “Oberwesel”
  • Italian: “Oberwesel”
  • Japanese: “オーバーヴェセル”
  • Japanese: “オーファーヴェゼル”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Oberwesel”
  • Kurdish: “Oberwesel”
  • Ladin: “Oberwesel”
  • Malay: “Oberwesel”
  • Persian: “اوبروزل”
  • Piemontese: “Oberwesel”
  • Polish: “Oberwesel”
  • Portuguese: “Oberwesel”
  • Romanian: “Oberwesel”
  • Russian: “Обервезель”
  • Serbian: “Obervezel”
  • Serbian: “Oberwesel”
  • Serbian: “Обервезел”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Oberwesel”
  • Slovak: “Oberwesel”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اوبروزل”
  • Spanish: “Oberwesel”
  • Swedish: “Oberwesel”
  • Tatar: “Обервезель”
  • Tumbuka: “Oberwesel”
  • Turkish: “Oberwesel”
  • Ukrainian: “Обервезель”
  • Uzbek: “Obervezel”
  • Uzbek: “Oberwesel”
  • Uzbek: “Оберwесел”
  • Uzbek: “Обервезел”
  • Vietnamese: “Oberwesel”
  • Volapük: “Oberwesel”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Oberwesel”
  • Western Frisian: “Oberwesel”

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