Obernheim
Municipality
View across Obernheim
Coat of arms
Location of Obernheim within Zollernalbkreis district
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Coordinates: 48°09′45″N 08°51′42″E / 48.16250°N 8.86167°E / 48.16250; 8.86167
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Tübingen
District	Zollernalbkreis
Government
• Mayor (2018–26)	Josef Ungermann[1]
Area
• Total	15.02 km2 (5.80 sq mi)
Elevation	897 m (2,943 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	1,487
• Density	99/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	72364
Dialling codes	07436
Vehicle registration	BL
Website	www.obernheim.de

Obernheim is a municipality of the Zollernalbkreis district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Obernheim became a possession of the Kingdom of Württemberg in 1805 and was assigned to Oberamt Balingen [de]. Five years later, in 1810, it was reassigned to Oberamt Spaichingen [de], which was merged into Landkreis Balingen [de] in 1938. Obernheim grew and industrialized after the Second World War, first expanding in the 1950s to the north-east and west, and then in the 1970s to the north once more. As part of the 1973 Baden-Württemberg district reform [de], Landkreis Balingen was dissolved and Obernheim was assigned to the newly created Zollernalb district. There was further municipal growth to the northeast in the 1980s and 1990s.^[3]

The municipality (Gemeinde) of Obernheimof is located along the southern edge Zollernalb district of Baden-Württemberg, one of the Federal Republic of Germany's 16 States. It lies along the border with Tuttlingen district and the western edge of the Kuppenalb [de], between the Upper and Lower Bära rivers, in the High Swabian Jura [de]. Elevation above sea level ranges in the municipality from a high of 988 meters (3,241 ft) Normalnull (NN) to a low of 751 meters (2,464 ft) NN.^[3]

A portion of the Federally-protected Stromelsberg-Hessenbühl [de] nature reserve is located in Obernheim's municipal area.^[3]

Population development:^[4]

Obernheim's coat of arms is a field of white crossed by a single blue bar. This pattern was adapted from the personal blazon of Johann von Obernheim, a local 14th century nobleman, and was approved for official use by the provisional post-WWII Württemberg-Hohenzollern government on 27 October 1950. A corresponding flag was issued on 15 January 1982.^[3]

Obernheim was connected to the Heuberg Railway until its station was closed in 1996. Local public transportation is provided by the Verkehrsverbund Neckar-Alb-Donau [de].^[3]

• Official website (in German)