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Obernburg am Main, Miltenberg District, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germanyi
Regional Level Types
Obernburg am MainTown
Miltenberg DistrictDistrict
Lower FranconiaRegion
BavariaState
GermanyCountry

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Neighbouring regions:
Elsenfeld, Miltenberg District, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
Type:
Town
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Obernburg am Main8,853 (2013)
Mindat Locality ID:
39504
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:39504:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
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Bavarian:
Obernburg am Main, Landkroas Miltenberg, Untafrankn, Bayern, Deitschland
French:
Obernburg am Main, arrondissement de Miltenberg, District de Basse-Franconie, Bavière, Allemagne
German:
Obernburg am Main, Miltenberg, Landkreis Miltenberg, Unterfranken, Bayern, Deutschland
Italian:
Obernburg am Main, circondario di Miltenberg, Distretto della Bassa Franconia, Baviera, Germania
Russian:
Обернбург-ам-Майн, Мильтенберг, Нижняя Франкония, Бавария, Германия
Simplified Chinese:
美因河畔奥伯恩堡, 米尔腾贝格县, 下弗兰肯行政区, 巴伐利亚, 德国
Spanish:
Obernburg am Main, Miltenberg, Baja Franconia, Baviera, Alemania
Afrikaans:
Obernburg am Main, Beiere, Duitsland
Arabic:
أوبرنبورغ آم ماين, فرانكونيا السفلى, بافاريا, ألمانيا
Aragonese:
Obernburg am Main, Districto de Miltenberg, Baixa Franconia, Bavera, Alemanya
Armenian:
Մայնի Օբերնբուրգ, Միլտենբերգ, Ստորին Ֆրանկոնիա, Բավարիա, Գերմանիա
Asturian:
Obernburg am Main, Baviera, Alemaña
Basque:
Obernburg am Main, Miltenberg, Frankonia Beherea, Bavaria, Alemania
Breton:
Obernburg am Main, Bavaria, Alamagn
Catalan:
Obernburg am Main, Unterfranken, Baviera, Alemanya
Cebuano:
Obernburg a.Main, Landkreis Miltenberg, Regierungsbezirk Unterfranken, Bavaria, Alemanya
Corsican:
Obernburg am Main, Germania
Croatian:
Obernburg am Main, Bavarska, Njemačka
Czech:
Obernburg am Main, Zemský okres Miltenberg, Dolní Franky, Bavorsko, Německo
Danish:
Obernburg am Main, Landkreis Miltenberg, Unterfranken, Bayern, Tyskland
Dutch:
Obernburg am Main, Miltenberg, Regierungsbezirk Unterfranken, Beieren, Duitsland
Dutch Low Saxon:
Obernburg am Main, Leegfranken, Baiern, Duutslaand
Esperanto:
Obernburg, Distrikto Miltenberg, Malsupra Frankonio, Bavario, Germanio
Estonian:
Obernburg am Main, Alam-Frangimaa, Baieri, Saksamaa
Farsi/Persian:
اوبرنبورگ آم ماین, میلتنبرگ , فرانکن سفلی, بایرن, آلمان
Finnish:
Obernburg am Main, Unterfranken, Baijeri, Saksa
Franco-Provençal:
Obernburg am Main, Baviére, Alemagne
Friulian:
Obernburg am Main, Gjermanie
Galician:
Obernburg am Main, Baviera, Alemaña
Hungarian:
Obernburg am Main, Miltenberg járás, Alsó-Frankföld, Bajorország, Németország
Icelandic:
Obernburg am Main, Bæjaraland, Þýskaland
Ido:
Obernburg am Main, Bavaria, Germania
Indonesian:
Obernburg am Main, Miltenberg, Bayern, Jerman
Interlingua:
Obernburg am Main, Bavaria, Germania
Interlingue:
Obernburg am Main, Subdistrict Miltenberg, Infra Franconia, Bavaria, Germania
Irish Gaelic:
Obernburg am Main, An Bhaváir, An Ghearmáin
Japanese:
オーベルンブルク・アム・マイン, ミルテンベルク郡, ウンターフランケン, バイエルン州, ドイツ
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Обернбург-на-Майне, Мильтенберг, Бавария, Германия
Kongo:
Obernburg am Main, Bavaria, Alemanyi
Kyrgyz:
Обернбург-ам-Майн, Бавария, Германия
Ligurian:
Obernburg am Main, Bavea, Germania
Limburgian:
Obernburg am Main, Beiere, Duitsland
Lombard:
Obernburg am Main, Miltenberg, Basa Francònia, Baviera, Germania
Low Saxon/Low German:
Obernburg am Main, Ünnerfranken, Bayern, Düütschland
Luxembourgish:
Obernburg am Main, Landkrees Miltenberg, Regierungsbezierk Ënnerfranken, Bayern, Däitschland
Malagasy:
Obernburg am Main, Alemaina
Malay:
Obernburg, Miltenberg, Bavaria, Jerman
Minangkabau:
Obernburg am Main, Jerman
Narom:
Obernburg am Main, Allemangne
Neapolitan:
Obernburg am Main, Germania
Norwegian:
Obernburg am Main, Unterfranken, Bayern, Tyskland
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Obernburg am Main, Bayern, Tyskland
Occitan:
Obernburg am Main, Bavièra, Alemanha
Picard:
Obernburg am Main, Bavière, Alemanne
Piedmontese:
Obernburg am Main, Baviera, Almagna
Polish:
Obernburg am Main, Powiat Miltenberg, Dolna Frankonia, Bawaria, Niemcy
Portuguese:
Obernburg, Miltenberg, Baixa Francónia, Baviera, Alemanha
Romanian:
Obernburg am Main, Miltenberg, Franconia Inferioară, Bavaria, Germania
Romansh:
Obernburg am Main, Baviera, Germania
Sardinian:
Obernburg am Main, Baviera, Germania
Scots:
Obernburg am Main, Bavarie, Germany
Scottish Gaelic:
Obernburg am Main, Bayern, A' Ghearmailt
Serbian:
Обернбург на Мајни, Доња Франконија, Баварска, Њемачка
Serbo-Croatian:
Obernburg am Main, Donja Frankonija, Bavarska, Njemačka
Sicilian:
Obernburg am Main, Baviera, Girmania
Slovak:
Obernburg am Main, Bavorsko, Nemecko
Slovenian:
Obernburg am Main, Spodnja Frankonija, Bavarska, Nemčija
South Azerbaijani:
اوبرنبورق آم ماین, بایرن, آلمان
Swahili:
Obernburg am Main, Bavaria, Ujerumani
Swedish:
Obernburg, Landkreis Miltenberg, Unterfranken, Bayern, Tyskland
Traditional Chinese:
美因河畔奧伯恩堡, 拜仁, 德國
Ukrainian:
Обернбург, Мільтенберг, Нижня Франконія, Баварія, Німеччина
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Obernburg am Main, Miltenberg, Bavariya, Germaniya
Venetian:
Obernburg am Main, Baviera, Germania
Vietnamese:
Obernburg am Main, Miltenberg, Unterfranken, Bayern, Đức
Volapük:
Obernburg am Main, Disfrankän, Bayän, Deutän
Walloon:
Obernburg am Main, Almagne
Waray:
Obernburg, Miltenberg, Bayern, Alemanya
Welsh:
Obernburg am Main, Bafaria, Yr Almaen
West Flemish:
Obernburg am Main, Beyern, Duutsland
Wolof:
Obernburg am Main, Almaañ
Zulu:
Obernburg am Main, IJalimani


Located in the Main valley, SW of Elsenfeld.

Note: the locality is in the very small part of the Odenwald that belongs to Bavaria.

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1 valid mineral.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘCalcite5.AB.05CaCO3

List of minerals for each chemical element

CCarbon
Cⓘ CalciteCaCO3
OOxygen
Oⓘ CalciteCaCO3
CaCalcium
Caⓘ CalciteCaCO3

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obernburg
Wikidata ID:Q503030
GeoNames ID:6559015

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