Roßbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Roßbach | |
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Municipality | |
Location of Roßbach ![]() | |
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Coordinates: 50°36′21″N 7°41′0″E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
District | Westerwaldkreis |
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 (2020-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 827 |
• Density | 110/km2 (290/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 56271 |
Dialling codes | 02680 |
Vehicle registration | WW |
Website | www.rossbach-ww.de |
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.
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 |
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.
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