Oberhaid

Oberhaid
Coat of arms
Oberhaid
Location of Oberhaid within Bamberg district
Coordinates: 49°55′N 10°49′E / 49.917°N 10.817°E / 49.917; 10.817Coordinates: 49°55′N 10°49′E / 49.917°N 10.817°E / 49.917; 10.817
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Oberfranken
District	Bamberg
Government
• Mayor	Carsten Joneitis (SPD)
Area
• Total	27.22 km2 (10.51 sq mi)
Elevation	239 m (784 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	4,582
• Density	170/km2 (440/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	96173
Dialling codes	09503
Vehicle registration	BA
Website	www.oberhaid.de

Oberhaid is a community in the Upper Franconian district of Bamberg.

The community lies roughly seven kilometres northwest of Bamberg. The highest elevations are the Spitzelberg in the west at 325 m, and the Semberg in the east at 393 m. The location in the Main Valley in the Haßberge Nature Park area is ideal for hikers and cyclists. The outlying centre of Unterhaid is the Bamberg district’s lowest place at 230 m above sea level.

Oberhaid borders on the municipal areas of Lauter, Bischberg and Viereth-Trunstadt, on the unincorporated area of Semberg and on the municipal areas of Baunach, Hallstadt and Bamberg. Oberhaid also borders on the community of Stettfeld and the town of Eltmann, which are both in the Haßberge district in Lower Franconia.

Oberhaid’s main and namesake centre is by far the biggest of its Gemeindeteile with a population of 3,432. The community furthermore has these outlying centres, each given here with its own population figure: Staffelbach with 843 inhabitants, Unterhaid with 421, Johannishof with 20 and Sandhof with 2.

The Fulda Monastery already had property in the municipal area as early as the 8th century. The monastery at Michelsberg then expanded its landholdings in Oberhaid in the 13th century. The place therefore belonged to the High Monastery at Bamberg, and with the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803, the community passed to Bavaria.

Community’s denominational breakdown: