Rothenbach

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

Rothenbach
Municipality
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Coordinates: 50°33′51″N 7°54′12″E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Westerburg
Subdivisions	2
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Holger Bäcker
Area
• Total	6.72 km2 (2.59 sq mi)
Elevation	465 m (1,526 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	909
• 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

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

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.

External links

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