Rothenbach

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Rothenbach
Rothenbach
Coordinates: 50°33′51″N 7°54′12″E / 50.56417°N 7.90333°E / 50.56417; 7.90333Coordinates: 50°33′51″N 7°54′12″E / 50.56417°N 7.90333°E / 50.56417; 7.90333
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Westerburg
Subdivisions 2
Government
  Mayor Axel Huber
Area
  Total 6.72 km2 (2.59 sq mi)
Elevation 465 m (1,526 ft)
Population (2012-12-31)[1]
  Total 890
  Density 130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 56459
Dialling codes 02663
Vehicle registration WW
Website www.westerburger-land.de

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

Geography

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 Westerburg.

Rothenbach’s Ortsteile are Rothenbach, Obersayn and Himburg.

Politics

The council is made up of 13 council members, including the mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Right through the community runs Bundesstraße 255, leading from Montabaur to Herborn. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3 (CologneFrankfurt). The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

References

  1. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden am 31.12.2012". Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2013. 

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