Roßbach, Westerwaldkreis
Municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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Roßbach (German pronunciation: [ˈʁoːsˌbax]) is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Roßbach | |
|---|---|
 Location of Roßbach | |
  Roßbach Location within Germany  Roßbach Location within Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| 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 | 7.48 km2 (2.89 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 300 m (980 ft) |
| Population (2024-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 870 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (300/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 |
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.
