Rothenbach

For other uses, see Rothenbach (disambiguation) and Röthenbach (disambiguation).

Municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Rothenbach

Municipality

Location of Rothenbach within Westerwaldkreis district

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Coordinates: 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 (2019–24) | Holger Bäcker[1]
Area

• Total

| 6.72 km2 (2.59 sq mi)
Elevation

| 465 m (1,526 ft)
Population

(2023-12-31)[2]

• Total

| 921
• Density| 140/km2 (350/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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

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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 Westerburg.

Rothenbach's Ortsteile are Rothenbach, Obersayn and Himburg.

## Politics

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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

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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.

## References

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1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
2. ^ Bevölkerungsstand 31. Dezember 2023, Landkreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden; Fortschreibung des Zensus 2011 (in German), Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz, 2024

## External links

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* Rothenbach in the collective municipality’s Web pages (in German)

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