Oberöfflingen

Oberöfflingen is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.GeographyLocationThe municipality lies on the edge of the Lieser valley in the Eifel. Oberöfflingen belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Wittlich-Land.Neighbouring municipalitiesOberöfflingen borders in the north on Laufeld, in the southeast on Niederöfflingen and in the southwest on Schladt.HistoryIn 785, Oberöfflingen had its first documentary mention as Uffeningen. Beginning in 1794, Oberöfflingen lay under French rule. In 1814 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1947, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate.PoliticsMunicipal councilThe council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.