Oberliezheim is a village in

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...

, Germany, about 20 kilometers north of Dillingen. It has a population of 200 and is administratively part of the market town of Bissingen. The village is situated between the

Danube The Danube ( ; ) is a river that was once a long-standing frontier of the Roman Empire and today connects 10 European countries, running through their territories or being a border. Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for , pa ...

river and the famous crater

Ries Ries is the German word for a unit of paper ream, derived from the Arabic word ''rizma''. The term can refer to: Geography * Nördlinger Ries, a large circular depression in western Bavaria, Germany. * Ries (Graz), a district of the city of Graz ...

. The village recently celebrated the 125th anniversary of its voluntary firefighting brigade.Oberliezheim.de - village home page
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* Statistisches Bundesamt: ''Historisches Gemeindeverzeichnis für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Namens-, Grenz- und Schlüsselnummernänderungen bei Gemeinden, Kreisen und Regierungsbezirken vom 27. 5. 1970 bis 31. 12. 1982''. W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart/Mainz 1983, , p. 770. * Georg Wörishofer, Alfred Sigg, Reinhard H. Seitz: "Städte, Märkte und Gemeinden". In: ''Der Landkreis Dillingen a. d. Donau in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Herausgegeben vom Landkreis Dillingen an der Donau, 3. neu bearbeitete Auflage'', Dillingen an der Donau 2005, pp. 167–169. Villages in Bavaria Dillingen (district) {{Dillingen-geo-stub

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