Oberzent

Oberzent
Town
Coat of arms
Location of Oberzent within Odenwaldkreis district
Oberzent Oberzent
Coordinates: 49°34′N 8°58′E
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Darmstadt
District	Odenwaldkreis
Subdivisions	19 quarters
Government
• Mayor (2018–24)	Christian Kehrer
Area
• Total	165.59 km2 (63.93 sq mi)
Elevation	415 m (1,362 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	10,280
• Density	62/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	64760
Dialling codes	06068, 06276, 06275
Vehicle registration	ERB
Website	www.oberzent.info

Oberzent is a town in the district of Odenwaldkreis, in Hesse, Germany. It was created with effect from 1 January 2018 by the merger of the former town Beerfelden and the former municipalities of Hesseneck, Rothenberg and Sensbachtal.

Geography

Neighbouring communities

Oberzent borders in the north on the municipality of Mossautal, the town of Erbach and the municipality of Kirchzell (Miltenberg district in Bavaria), in the east on the municipality of Mudau (Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis in Baden-Württemberg), in the south on the towns of Eberbach (Rhein-Neckar-Kreis in Baden-Württemberg) and Hirschhorn (Neckar) (Kreis Bergstraße) and in the west on the municipality of Wald-Michelbach (Kreis Bergstraße).

Constituent communities

Oberzent’s 19 quarters are Airlenbach, Beerfelden, Etzean, Falken-Gesäß, Finkenbach, Gammelsbach, Hebstahl, Hesselbach, Hetzbach, Hinterbach, Kailbach, Kortelshütte, Ober-Hainbrunn, Ober-Sensbach, Olfen, Raubach, Rothenberg, Schöllenbach, Unter-Sensbach.