Niederroßbach

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Niederroßbach
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Niederroßbach
Niederroßbach (Germany)
Niederroßbach
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Rennerod
Mayor Willi Luckenbach
Basic statistics
Area 4.39 km² (1.7 sq mi)
Elevation 495 m  (1624 ft)
Population 841  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 192 /km² (496 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate WW
Postal code 56479
Area code 02664
Website www.rennerod.de
Location of Niederroßbach within Westerwaldkreis district
Map

Coordinates: 50°38′30″N 8°2′4″E / 50.64167, 8.03444

Niederroßbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

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[edit] Geography

[edit] Location

The community lies in the Westerwald between Siegen and Limburg an der Lahn. Through the community flow the Ortsbach and the Roßbach. Niederroßbach belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Rennerod, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate. Its seat is in the like-named town.

[edit] Neighbouring communities

Niederroßbach’s neighbours are Oberroßbach, Fehl-Ritzhausen, Neustadt and Zehnhausen bei Rennerod.

[edit] History

In 1431, Niederroßbach had its first documentary mention.

[edit] Politics

[edit] Community council

The council is made up of 13 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister).

FW FW Total
2004 7 5 12 seats

[edit] Economy and infrastructure

[edit] Transport

Running right near the communtity are Bundesstraßen 54, linking Limburg an der Lahn with Siegen, and 255, leading from Montabaur to Herborn. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Haiger/Burbach on the A 45 (DortmundHanau), some 17 km away. Between Niederroßbach and Neustadt once lay a halt on the now abandoned Westerwaldquerbahn (railway). The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

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This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.