Roßbach, Westerwaldkreis

Roßbach
Municipality
Location of Roßbach
Map
Roßbach is located in Germany
Roßbach
Roßbach
Roßbach is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Roßbach
Roßbach
Coordinates: 50°36′21″N 7°41′0″E / 50.60583°N 7.68333°E / 50.60583; 7.68333
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictWesterwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.Hachenburg
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Wilfried Oettgen[1]
Area
 • Total
7.47 km2 (2.88 sq mi)
Elevation
300 m (1,000 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total
855
 • Density110/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
56271
Dialling codes02680
Vehicle registrationWW
Websitewww.rossbach-ww.de

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

Geography

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

Politics

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

SPD CDU Wählergemeinschaft Total
2004 5 3 4 12 seats

Economy and infrastructure

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.

References

  1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.


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