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Rossbach
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Location of Rossbach within Westerwaldkreis district
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| Coordinates | |
| Administration | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Hachenburg |
| Mayor | Wilfried Oettgen |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 7.47 km2 (2.88 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 300 m (984 ft) |
| Population | 835 (31 December 2010)[1] |
| - Density | 112 /km2 (290 /sq mi) |
| Other information | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | WW |
| Postal code | 56271 |
| Area code | 02680 |
| Website | www.rossbach-ww.de |
Rossbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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The community lies between Hachenburg and Dierdorf. The residential community of Rossbach belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Hachenburg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.
The council is made up of 13 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.
| SPD | CDU | Wählergemeinschaft | Total | |
| 2004 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 seats |
Rossbach lies west of Bundesstraße 413 from Bendorf (near Koblenz) to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are in Dierdorf on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt). The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.