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Rothenbach
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Location of Rothenbach within Westerwaldkreis district
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| Administration | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Westerburg |
| Local subdivisions | 2 |
| Mayor | Axel Huber |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 6.72 km2 (2.59 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 465 m (1526 ft) |
| Population | 883 (31 December 2010)[1] |
| - Density | 131 /km2 (340 /sq mi) |
| Other information | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | WW |
| Postal code | 56459 |
| Area code | 02663 |
| Website | www.westerburger-land.de |
Rothenbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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Rothenbach lies 8 km west of Westerburg. Since 1972 it has belonged to what was then the newly founded Verbandsgemeinde of Westerburg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.
Rothenbach’s Ortsteile are Obersayn and Himburg.
The council is made up of 13 council members, including the mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.
Right through the community runs Bundesstraße 255, leading from Montabaur to Herborn. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt). The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.