Oberhosenbach
Oberhosenbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Herrstein-Rhaunen, whose seat is in Herrstein.
Geography
The municipality lies roughly 18 km north of Idar-Oberstein near the Deutsche Edelsteinstraße and the Hunsrück Schiefer- und Burgenstraße. Half the municipal area is wooded.History
In 1318, Oberhosenbach had its first documentary mention as Volmarshusenbach.Politics
Municipal council
The council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairwoman.Mayor
Oberhosenbach's mayor is Kirsten Beetz, and her deputies are Reinhold Noll and Gabriele Wolter.Coat of arms
The municipality's arms might be described thus: Per bend vert a cross Latin Or and Or a lion rampant gules armed and langued azure.Culture and sightseeing
The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:- Hauptstraße 9 – Quereinhaus, Firstständer building, 1696
- Hauptstraße 34 – Quereinhaus, 1903; bakehouse typical of the time of building