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{{other uses|Rothenbach (disambiguation)|Röthenbach (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox German location
|image_photo       = RothenbachWesterwald3.jpg
|image_coa            =
|coordinates       = {{coord|50|33|51|N|7|54|12|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan          = Rothenbach im Westerwaldkreis.png
|state        = Rheinland-Pfalz
|district         = Westerwaldkreis
|Verbandsgemeinde  = Westerburg
|elevation              = 465
|area            = 6.72
|postal_code               = 56459
|area_code           = 02663
|licence               = WW
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 43 289
|divisions         = 2
|website           = [http://www.westerburger-land.de/haupt/gemeinden/uebersicht/unsere_gemeinden/ortsgemeinden/rothenbach/index.phtml www.westerburger-land.de]
|mayor             = Holger Bäcker<ref>[https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/1430000000000.html Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis], Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.</ref>
|leader_term       = 2019&ndash;24
}}

'''Rothenbach''' is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''[[Verbandsgemeinde]]'' – in the [[Westerwaldkreis]] in [[Rhineland-Palatinate]], [[Germany]].

==Geography==
Rothenbach lies 8&nbsp;km west of [[Westerburg]]. Since 1972 it has belonged to what was then the newly founded [[Westerburg (Verbandsgemeinde)|''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Westerburg]], a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in Westerburg.

Rothenbach's ''[[Ortsteil]]e'' are Rothenbach, Obersayn and Himburg.

==Politics==
The council is made up of 13 council members, including the mayor (''Bürgermeister''), who were elected in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.

==Economy and infrastructure==

Right through the community runs ''[[Bundesstraße]]'' 255, leading from [[Montabaur]] to [[Herborn (Hesse)|Herborn]]. The nearest [[Autobahn]] [[interchange (road)|interchange]] is ''Montabaur'' on the [[Bundesautobahn 3|A&nbsp;3]] ([[Cologne]]&ndash;[[Frankfurt am Main|Frankfurt]]). The nearest [[InterCityExpress]] stop is the [[railway station]] at Montabaur on the [[Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line]].

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080304114534/http://www.westerburger-land.de/haupt/gemeinden/uebersicht/unsere_gemeinden/ortsgemeinden/rothenbach/index.phtml Rothenbach in the collective municipality’s Web pages] {{in lang|de}}

{{Cities and towns in Westerwaldkreis (district)}}

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[[Category:Municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate]]
[[Category:Westerwaldkreis]]


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