Obernai
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| Coordinates: 48°28′N 7°29′E / 48.46°N 7.48°ECoordinates: 48°28′N 7°29′E / 48.46°N 7.48°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Bas-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Sélestat-Erstein | |
| Canton | Obernai | |
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| • Mayor (2001–2008) | Bernard Fischer | |
| Area1 | 25.78 km2 (9.95 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006)2 | 11,009 | |
| • Density | 430/km2 (1,100/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 67348 /67210 | |
| Elevation | 156–572 m (512–1,877 ft) (avg. 185 m or 607 ft) |
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| Imperial City of Obernai | ||||||||||
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Reichstàdt Owernah (gsw) Reichsstadt Oberehnheim (de) |
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| Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||||
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| Capital | Obernai | |||||||||
| Government | Republic | |||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | |||||||||
| • | Founded | 778 | ||||||||
| • | Gained town rights | 1240 | ||||||||
| • | Gained Reichsfreiheit | ca 1283 | ||||||||
| • | Joined Décapole | 1354 | ||||||||
| • | Lost Reichsfreiheit | 1648 | ||||||||
| • | Annexed by France | 1679 | ||||||||
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
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Obernai (French: Obernai; Alsatian: Owernah; German: Oberehnheim) commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It lies on the eastern slopes of the Vosges mountains.
Obernai is a rapidly growing city, its number of inhabitants having gone up from 6,304 in 1968 to 11,099 in 2006. The metropolitan area of Obernai had 12,369 inhabitants in 2006, from 7,293 in 1968.
The Obernai region, which was the property of the dukes of Alsace in the 7th century, is the birthplace of St. Odile, daughter of the Duke, who would become the Patron Saint of Alsace.
The Obernai name first appears in 1240, when the village acquires the status of town under the tutelage of the Hohenstaufen family. The town then prospered. It became a member of the Décapole in 1354, an alliance of ten towns of the Holy Roman Empire in Alsace. Obernai's status reaches its apex in the 15th and 16th century. In 1562, Emperor Ferdinand I visited the prosperous town of Obernai.
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