Rotenhain

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
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Wappen = Wappen von Rotenhain.pnglat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 36 |lat_sec = 3
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Lageplan = Rotenhain im Westerwaldkreis.pngBundesland = Rheinland-Pfalz
Landkreis = Westerwaldkreis
Verbandsgemeinde = Westerburg
Höhe = 465
Fläche = 4.10
Einwohner = 554
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 56459
Vorwahl = 02661
Kfz = WW
Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 43 288
Adresse-Verband = Neumarkt 1
56457 Westerburg
Website = [http://www.rotenhain.de www.rotenhain.de]
Bürgermeister = Hubertus Limbach

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

Geography

Location

Rotenhain lies 9 km southwest of Westerburg.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 13 council members, including the extraofficial mayor ("Bürgermeister"), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Southwest of the community runs "Bundesstraße" 255, leading from Montabaur to Herborn. The nearest Autobahn interchange is "Montabaur" on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt). Rotenhain lies on the "Oberwesterwaldbahn" (railway) to Limburg and Au (Sieg). From there, the cities of Cologne, Koblenz, Frankfurt am Main and Wiesbaden may be reached directly. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

External links

* [http://www.westerburger-land.de/haupt/gemeinden/uebersicht/unsere_gemeinden/ortsgemeinden/rotenhain/index.phtml Rotenhain in the collective municipality’s Web pages] de icon