Oberkappel
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Oberkappel | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location in the district | |
  Oberkappel Location within Austria | |
| Coordinates: 48°33′11″N 13°46′17″E / 48.55306°N 13.77139°E | |
| Country | Austria |
| State | Upper Austria |
| District | Rohrbach |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Manuel Krenn (ÖVP) |
| Area | |
• Total | 12.2 km2 (4.7 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 511 m (1,677 ft) |
| Population (2018-01-01)[2] | |
• Total | 725 |
| • Density | 59.4/km2 (154/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 4144 |
| Area code | 07284 |
| Vehicle registration | RO |
| Website | www.oberkappel.at |
Oberkappel is a municipality in the district of Rohrbach in the state of Upper Austria.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1869 | 817 | — |
| 1880 | 775 | −5.1% |
| 1890 | 778 | +0.4% |
| 1900 | 737 | −5.3% |
| 1910 | 763 | +3.5% |
| 1923 | 751 | −1.6% |
| 1934 | 698 | −7.1% |
| 1939 | 710 | +1.7% |
| 1951 | 724 | +2.0% |
| 1961 | 737 | +1.8% |
| 1971 | 736 | −0.1% |
| 1981 | 824 | +12.0% |
| 1991 | 779 | −5.5% |
| 2001 | 766 | −1.7% |
| 2013 | 733 | −4.3% |
| 2017 | 749 | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 713 | −4.8% |
Geography
Oberkappel has an area of 12 km². The municipality is located in the north of the state of Upper Austria. It borders on Germany and is very close to the Czech Republic.
Sports and recreation
The European walking routes E8 and E10 run through this place. The E8 runs from Ireland via, among others, the Netherlands (called Oeverloperpad and Lingepad in the Netherlands) through Germany, the north of Austria and Slovakia to the borders of Poland and Ukraine, and also includes a section in Bulgaria, with the future target Istanbul in Turkey. The E10 comes from Lapland and runs via Finland, the former GDR, the Czech Republic and Austria to Bozen/Bolzano in northern Italy; There are plans to extend the route via France and the Spanish east coast to Gibraltar.
