Rothenbach
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Location of Rothenbach
within Westerwaldkreis district
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 Location of Rothenbach | |
  Rothenbach  Rothenbach | |
| Coordinates: 50°33′51″N 7°54′12″E / 50.56417°N 7.90333°E | |
| 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 (2024-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 921 |
| • Density | 137/km2 (355/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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ↑ Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
- ↑ "Bevölkerungsstand von Land, Landkreisen, Gemeinden und Verbandsgemeinden 2024 (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2022)" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz.
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