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Oberkirch
Town
Oberkirch
Coat of arms
Location of Oberkirch within Ortenaukreis district
Oberkirch Show map of Germany Oberkirch Show map of Baden-Württemberg
Coordinates: 48°32′N 8°5′E / 48.533°N 8.083°E / 48.533; 8.083
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Freiburg
District	Ortenaukreis
Subdivisions	Kernstadt and 9 Stadtteile
Government
•  Lord mayor (2023–31)	Gregor Bühler [1] ( CDU)
Area
• Total	69.13 km2 (26.69 sq mi)
Elevation	192 m (630 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31) [2]
• Total	20,092
• Density	290/km2 (750/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 ( CET)
• Summer ( DST)	UTC+02:00 ( CEST)
Postal codes	77695–77704
Dialling codes	07802 und 07805
Vehicle registration	OG, BH, KEL, LR, WOL
Website	www.oberkirch.de

Oberkirch ( Low Alemannic: Owerkirch) is a town in Western Baden-Württemberg, Germany about 12 km North-East of Offenburg and belongs to the Ortenaukreis district.

Oberkirch is twinned with Haverfordwest which is a town in Pembrokeshire, in the country of Wales in the United Kingdom, and Oosterzele, a town in Oost-Vlaanderen, in Belgium.

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  Churchtower (Sankt Cyriak Kirche) in Oberkirch
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  Mühlbach channel in the historic city center
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  Historical facade from 1659
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  " Ronia the Robber's Daughter" at an open-air theater (2006)

People from Oberkirch

• Karl Stecher (1831-1923), painter
• Michael Gerber (born 1970), Roman Catholic bishop

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