Idar-Oberstein
Idar-Oberstein | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Idar-Oberstein within Birkenfeld district | |
Idar-Oberstein Idar-Oberstein | |
| Coordinates: 49°42′41″N 7°18′47″E / 49.71139°N 7.31306°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Birkenfeld |
| Government | |
| • Lord mayor (2014–22) | Frank Frühauf[1] (CDU) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 91.56 km2 (35.35 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 300 m (1,000 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 29,158 |
| • Density | 320/km2 (820/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 55743 |
| Dialling codes | 06781, 06784 |
| Vehicle registration | BIR |
| Website | www.idar-oberstein.de |
Idar-Oberstein is a town in Birkenfeld in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. About 30,000 people lived there.
Idar-Oberstein is known as a gemstone and garrison town. It is also the largest town in the Hunsrück.
Actor Bruce Willis was born here.
Twin towns
Idar-Oberstein is twinned with:
- Achicourt, France
- Les Mureaux, France
- Margate, England, United Kingdom
- Turnov, Czech Republic
References
- ↑ Wahlen der Bürgermeister der verbandsfreien Gemeinden, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 30 July 2021.
- ↑ Bevölkerungsstand 31. Dezember 2023, Landkreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden; Fortschreibung des Zensus 2011 (in German), Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz, 2024
Other websites
- Media related to Idar-Oberstein at Wikimedia Commons