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Oppenweiler
Oppenweiler
Municipality
	Reichenberg Castle (Württemberg) [de]
	Coat of arms
	Location of Oppenweiler within Rems-Murr-Kreis district
	Oppenweiler Oppenweiler
	Coordinates: 48°58′58″N 09°27′28″E / 48.98278°N 9.45778°E
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Stuttgart
District	Rems-Murr-Kreis
Area
• Total	19.83 km2 (7.66 sq mi)
Elevation	267 m (876 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	4,339
• Density	220/km2 (570/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	71570
Dialling codes	07191
Vehicle registration	WN
Website	www.oppenweiler.de

Oppenweiler is a town in the Rems-Murr district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

History

Oppenweiler merged with Reichenberg on 1 April 1938.^[2]

Geography

The municipality (Gemeinde) of Oppenweiler is located in the Rems-Murr district of Baden-Württemberg, one of the 16 States of the Federal Republic of Germany. Oppenweiler is situated between the Löwenstein Hills to the north and the Backnanger Bucht [de] to the south, in the greater region of the Swabian-Franconian Forest. Elevation above sea level in the municipal area ranges from a high of 518 meters (1,699 ft) Normalnull (NN) to a low of 248 meters (814 ft) NN.^[2]

Politics

Oppenweiler has one borough (Ortsteil), Oppenweiler, and 12 villages: Aichelbach, Bernhalden, Ellenweiler, Reichenbach, Reichenberg, Reutenhof, Rohrbach, Rüflensmühle, Schiffrain, Unterstaigacker, Wilhelmsheim, and Zell. Also in the municipal area is the industrial district of Wachthäusle and the abandoned villages of Charlottenhof and Giselmar.^[2]

Coat of arms

Oppenweiler's coat of arms shows a field of yellow crossed by a red bend dexter that houses three yellow ax heads. The blazon is identical to that of Baden's, but with the addition of the ax heads to reference the House of Sturmfeder [de], who inhabited Oppenweiler from 1288 until their extinction in 1901. This coat of arms was awarded to Oppenweiler with a municipal flag by the government of Baden-Württemberg on 14 November 1955.^[2]