Roßbach, Westerwaldkreis
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| Roßbach | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Germany |
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| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Hachenburg |
| Mayor | Wilfried Oettgen |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 7.47 km² (2.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 300 m (984 ft) |
| Population | 906 (31/12/2006) |
| - Density | 121 /km² (314 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | WW |
| Postal code | 56271 |
| Area code | 02680 |
| Website | www.rossbach-ww.de |
| Location of Roßbach within Westerwaldkreis district | |
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Roßbach (or Rossbach) is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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[edit] Geography
[edit] 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.
[edit] Politics
[edit] 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.
| SPD | CDU | Wählergemeinschaft | Total | |
| 2004 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 seats |
[edit] Economy and infrastructure
[edit] 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.
[edit] External links
- Roßbach (German)
- Roßbach in the collective municipality’s Web pages (German)
This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.
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