Obernkirchen

Town in Lower Saxony, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Obernkirchen within Schaumburg district

(2021–26) Dörte Worm-Kressin^[1] (Ind.)Area

• Total32.55 km² (12.57 sq mi)Elevation

209 m (686 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total9,360 • Density290/km² (740/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

31683

Dialling codes0 57 24Vehicle registrationSHGWebsitewww.obernkirchen.de

Obernkirchen (German pronunciation: [oːbɐnˈkɪʁçən]) is a town in the district of Schaumburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 8 km southwest of Stadthagen, and 15 km east of Minden.

Obernkirchen is a small town in the shadows of the Bückeberg, a hill range in the Weser Uplands. It overlooks the vast lower lying part of the old county of Schaumburg Lippe, now the district of Schaumburg, with the town of Bückeburg at its feet.

People

August Oetker (1862–1918), inventor, food scientist and businessman

References

^ "Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021" (PDF). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. 13 October 2021.
^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.