- Rothenbach
Infobox Ort in Deutschland
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Wappen =
lat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 33 |lat_sec = 51
lon_deg = 7 |lon_min = 54 |lon_sec = 12
Lageplan = Rothenbach im Westerwaldkreis.png
Bundesland = Rheinland-Pfalz
Landkreis = Westerwaldkreis
Verbandsgemeinde = Westerburg
Höhe = 465
Fläche = 6.72
Einwohner = 902
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 56459
Vorwahl = 02663
Kfz = WW
Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 43 289
Gliederung = 2
Adresse-Verband = Neumarkt 1
56457 Westerburg
Website = [http://www.westerburger-land.de/haupt/gemeinden/uebersicht/unsere_gemeinden/ortsgemeinden/rothenbach/index.phtml www.westerburger-land.de]
Bürgermeister = Axel HuberRothenbach is an "Ortsgemeinde" – a community belonging to a "
Verbandsgemeinde " – in theWesterwaldkreis inRhineland-Palatinate ,Germany .Geography
Location
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 found only in Rhineland-Palatinate. Its seat is in the like-named town.Constituent communities
Rothenbach’s "
Ortsteil e" are Obersayn and Himburg.Politics
Community council
The council is made up of 13 council members, including the mayor ("Bürgermeister"), who were elected in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.
Economy and infrastructure
Transport
Right through the community runs "
Bundesstraße " 255, leading fromMontabaur toHerborn . The nearestAutobahn interchange is "Montabaur" on the A 3 (Cologne –Frankfurt). The nearestInterCityExpress stop is therailway station at Montabaur on theCologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line .External links
* [http://www.westerburger-land.de/haupt/gemeinden/uebersicht/unsere_gemeinden/ortsgemeinden/rothenbach/index.phtml Rothenbach in the collective municipality’s Web pages] de icon
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