Roßbach
Location of Roßbach
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 (201924) Wilfried Oettgen[1]
Area
  Total7.47 km2 (2.88 sq mi)
Elevation
300 m (1,000 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31)[2]
  Total820
  Density110/km2 (280/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.

SPDCDUWählergemeinschaftTotal
200453412 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 (CologneFrankfurt). 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 2021, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2022.


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