Oberasbach is a municipality in the
district of Fürth, in
Bavaria
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,
Germany
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. It is situated 6 km southwest of
Fürth
Fürth (; East Franconian: ; yi, פיורדא, Fiurda) is a city in northern Bavaria, Germany, in the administrative division (''Regierungsbezirk'') of Middle Franconia. It is now contiguous with the larger city of Nuremberg, the centres of the t ...
, and 10 km west of
Nuremberg
Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...
(centre).
Stadtrat
The local council has 24 members.
The election in 2020 showed the following results:
* 9 seats (CSU)
* 4 seats (The Greens)
* 3 seats (Free voters)
* 3 seats (SPD)
* 2 seats (BI Oberasbach)
* 1 seat (AfD)
* 1 seat (FDP)
* 1 seat (The Left)
Twin towns
Oberasbach is
twinned with:
*
Niederwürschnitz, Germany
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Oława
Oława (pronounced , , szl, Oława) is a historic town in south-western Poland with 33,029 inhabitants (2019). It is situated in Lower Silesian Voivodeship (from 1975–1998 it was in the former Wrocław Voivodeship), within the Wrocław ...
, Poland
*
Riolo Terme
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...
, Italy
Personalities
*
Steffen Weinhold
Steffen Weinhold (born 19 July 1986) is a German handball player for THW Kiel. In 2021 he announced the end of his time in the German national team.
Achievements
* Summer Olympics:
**: 2016
* European Championship:
**: 2016
* EHF Champions Lea ...
, (born 1986), handball player
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Deniz Aytekin, (born 1978), football referee
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Maurice Müller
''For the orthopedic surgeon who pioneered the use of internal fixation to treat broken bones, see Maurice Edmond Müller
Maurice Edmond Müller (28 March 1918 – 10 May 2009Zentrum Paul Klee: Press release 2009-05-12''. In German. URL ...
, (born 1992), soccer player
See also
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References
Fürth (district)
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