Roßbach, Westerwaldkreis

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Name = Roßbach
image_photo =
Wappen = Wappen von Roßbach.pnglat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 36 |lat_sec = 21
lon_deg = 7 |lon_min = 41 |lon_sec = 0
Lageplan = Roßbach im Westerwaldkreis.pngBundesland = Rheinland-Pfalz
Landkreis = Westerwaldkreis
Verbandsgemeinde = Hachenburg
Höhe = 300
Fläche = 7.47
Einwohner = 906
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 56271
Vorwahl = 02680
Kfz = WW
Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 43 287
Adresse-Verband = Gartenstraße 11
57627 Hachenburg
Website = [http://www.rossbach-ww.de www.rossbach-ww.de]
Bürgermeister = Wilfried Oettgen

Roßbach (or Rossbach) is an "Ortsgemeinde" – a community belonging to a "Verbandsgemeinde" – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

Location

The community lies between Hachenburg and Dierdorf. The residential community of Roßbach belongs to the "Verbandsgemeinde" of Hachenburg, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate. Its seat is in the like-named town.

Politics

Community council

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

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Roßbach lies west of "Bundesstraße" 413 from Bendorf (near Koblenz) to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are in Dierdorf 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

* [http://www.rossbach-ww.de/ Roßbach] de icon
* [http://www.hachenburg-vg.de/08_gemeinden/rossbach Roßbach in the collective municipality’s Web pages] de icon