Oberkail is a municipality in the rural area of Eifel

Eifel

The Eifel is a low mountain range in western Germany and eastern Belgium. It occupies parts of southwestern North Rhine-Westphalia, northwestern Rhineland-Palatinate and the south of the German-speaking Community of Belgium....

 in Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz ....

 in the administrative district Bitburg-Prüm

Bitburg-Prüm

The Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm is a district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by Luxembourg, Belgium and the districts of Euskirchen, Vulkaneifel, Bernkastel-Wittlich and Trier-Saarburg.- History :...

 and is part of Verbandsgemeinde

Verbandsgemeinde

A Verbandsgemeinde is an administrative unit in the German Bundesländer of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt.-Rhineland-Palatinate:...

 ("collective municipality") Kyllburg

Kyllburg

Kyllburg is a town in the district Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated in the Eifel, on the river Kyll, approx. 10 km north-east of Bitburg.Kyllburg is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde Kyllburg....

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Geography

The municipality is surrounded by grassland and forest in the natural landscape of south Eifel. Next to Oberkail there are Seinsfeld

Seinsfeld

Seinsfeld is a municipality in the district of Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany....

, Gransdorf

Gransdorf

Gransdorf is municipality in western Germany, near Bitburg. It belongs to the district Bitburg-Prüm, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.In 1098 it was mentioned the first time as "Grandesdorf" in a letter of Heinrich IV....

, Gindorf

Gindorf

Gindorf is a municipality in the district of Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.-References:...

 and Eisenschmitt

Eisenschmitt

Eisenschmitt is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.- Location :Eisenschmitt lies on the river Salm...

. Next citys are Bitburg

Bitburg

Bitburg It is situated approx. 25 km north-west of Trier, and 50 km north-east of Luxembourg . One American airbase, Spangdahlem Air Base, is located nearby.-History:...

 and Wittlich

Wittlich

The town of Wittlich is the seat of the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, and thereby the middle centre for a feeder area of 56 municipalities in the Eifel and Moselle area with its population of roughly 64,000...

, both are 14 kilometer (about 9 miles) away beeline

Beeline

Beelining is an ancient art used to locate feral bee colonies by capturing and marking foraging worker bees, then releasing them from various points to establish the direction and distance of the colony's home...

. Trier

Trier

Trier, historically called in English Treves is a city in Germany on the banks of the Moselle. It is the oldest city in Germany, founded in or before 16 BC....

 is about 30 kilometers (about 20 miles) away.

History

In earlier times there was a large castle which was destroyed by French

France

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 soldiers around 1794.
Oberkail was mentioned for the first time in 1201, called "Hof zu Keyle".

The Spangdahlem Air Base

Spangdahlem Air Base

Spangdahlem Air Base is a United States Air Force base located near the small German town of Spangdahlem, approximately 30 km NNE of the city of Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate.-Units:...

is nearby.

External links

• Official Page
• History of Oberkail