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href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zemsk%C3%BD_okres_Oberberg" title="Zemský okres Oberberg – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Zemský okres Oberberg" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberbergischer_Kreis" title="Oberbergischer Kreis – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Oberbergischer Kreis" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberbergischer_Kreis" title="Oberbergischer Kreis – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Oberbergischer Kreis" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberbergischer_Kreis" title="Oberbergischer Kreis – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Oberbergischer Kreis" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distrito_del_Alto_Berg" title="Distrito del Alto Berg – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Distrito del Alto Berg" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distrikto_Oberberg" title="Distrikto Oberberg – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Distrikto Oberberg" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%B4%D8%B1_%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B3" title="اوبربرگیشر کرایس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="اوبربرگیشر کرایس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrondissement_du_Haut-Berg" title="Arrondissement du Haut-Berg – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Arrondissement du Haut-Berg" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberbergischer_Kreis" title="Oberbergischer Kreis – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Oberbergischer Kreis" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberbergischer_Kreis_(distrik)" title="Oberbergischer Kreis (distrik) – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Oberbergischer Kreis (distrik)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%88_(%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%BD)" title="Обербергиш (район) – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Обербергиш (район)" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circondario_di_Oberberg" title="Circondario di Oberberg – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Circondario di Oberberg" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9D%E1%83%91%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%91%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%92%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="ობერბერგიშის რაიონი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ობერბერგიშის რაიონი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberbergischer_Kreis" title="Oberbergischer Kreis – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Oberbergischer Kreis" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberbergischer_Kreis" title="Oberbergischer Kreis – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Oberbergischer Kreis" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberbergischer_Kreis" title="Oberbergischer Kreis – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Oberbergischer Kreis" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberbergischer_Kreis" title="Oberbergischer Kreis – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Oberbergischer Kreis" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberbergischer_Kreis" title="Oberbergischer Kreis – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Oberbergischer Kreis" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberbergischer_Kreis" title="Oberbergischer Kreis – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Oberbergischer Kreis" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern 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.infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Oberbergischer Kreis</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Germany" title="Districts of Germany">District</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:North_rhine_w_gm.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/North_rhine_w_gm.png/250px-North_rhine_w_gm.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="233" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/North_rhine_w_gm.png 1.5x" data-file-width="263" data-file-height="245" /></a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline-hidden noexcerpt"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9430902">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Oberbergischer_Kreis&params=51_02_N_7_31_E_region:DE_type:adm2nd"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">51°02′N</span> <span class="longitude">7°31′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">51.033°N 7.517°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">51.033; 7.517</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" class="mw-redirect" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/States_of_Germany" title="States of Germany">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/North_Rhine-Westphalia" title="North Rhine-Westphalia">North Rhine-Westphalia</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regierungsbezirk" title="Regierungsbezirk">Adm. region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cologne_Government_Region" title="Cologne Government Region">Cologne</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gummersbach&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gummersbach (not yet started)">Gummersbach</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Total</th><td class="infobox-data">918.53 km<sup>2</sup> (354.65 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(31 December 2022)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Total</th><td class="infobox-data">275,404</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">300/km<sup>2</sup> (780/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B01:00" title="UTC+01:00">UTC+01:00</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_European_Time" title="Central European Time">CET</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B02:00" title="UTC+02:00">UTC+02:00</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_European_Summer_Time" title="Central European Summer Time">CEST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plate" title="Vehicle registration plate">Vehicle registration</a></th><td class="infobox-data">GM</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.oberbergischer-kreis.de">http://www.oberbergischer-kreis.de</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Oberbergische Kreis</b> is a Landkreis (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Rural_district&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rural district (not yet started)">rural district</a>) in the state of <a href="/wiki/North_Rhine-Westphalia" title="North Rhine-Westphalia">North Rhine-Westphalia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>. </p><p><i>Oberbergische</i> means <i>Upper Bergian</i>, meaning it is the part of the medieval county of Berg which is up river. The other part of the county, lower down the river <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wupper&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wupper (not yet started)">Wupper</a> was called Niederbergisch or Lower Berg. </p><p>The districts in North Rhine Westphalia were changed between <a href="/wiki/1969" title="1969">1969</a>/<a href="/wiki/1975" title="1975">75</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coat_of_arms">Coat of arms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oberbergischer_Kreis&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: Coat of arms" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oberbergischer_Kreis&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: Coat of arms"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table> <tbody><tr valign="top"> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:DEU_Oberbergischer_Kreis_COA.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms"><img alt="Coat of arms" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/DEU_Oberbergischer_Kreis_COA.svg/100px-DEU_Oberbergischer_Kreis_COA.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="115" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/DEU_Oberbergischer_Kreis_COA.svg/150px-DEU_Oberbergischer_Kreis_COA.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/DEU_Oberbergischer_Kreis_COA.svg/200px-DEU_Oberbergischer_Kreis_COA.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="536" data-file-height="619" /></a></span> </td> <td>The <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms" title="Coat of arms">coat of arms</a> is a joining of the heraldic signs of the territories the district belonged to. The red-white bar in the top symbolizes the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mark_(county)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mark (county) (not yet started)">County of Mark</a> and the lion that of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Berg_(German_region)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Berg (German region) (not yet started)">Berg</a>. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Castle_Homburg&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Castle Homburg (not yet started)">Homburg Castle</a> (near <a href="/w/index.php?title=N%C3%BCmbrecht&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nümbrecht (not yet started)">Nümbrecht</a>) was the seat of the Princes of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oberbergischer_Kreis&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Change section: Politics" 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title="1951">1951</a>: Dr. August Dresbach, <a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Union_(Germany)" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian Democratic Union (Germany)">CDU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951" title="1951">1951</a>-<a href="/wiki/1952" title="1952">1952</a>: Fritz Eschmann, <a href="/wiki/SPD" class="mw-redirect" title="SPD">SPD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952" title="1952">1952</a>-<a href="/wiki/1956" title="1956">1956</a>: Wilhelm Henn, CDU</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956" title="1956">1956</a>-<a href="/wiki/1961" title="1961">1961</a>: Fritz Eschmann, SPD</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961" title="1961">1961</a>-<a href="/wiki/1964" title="1964">1964</a>: Reinhard Kaufmann, CDU</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964" title="1964">1964</a>-<a href="/wiki/1969" title="1969">1969</a>: Dr. Heinrich Schild, CDU</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969" title="1969">1969</a>-<a href="/wiki/1989" title="1989">1989</a>: Hans Wichelhaus, CDU</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989" title="1989">1989</a>-<a 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