- Niederroßbach
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Niederroßbach 
NiederroßbachLocation of Niederroßbach within Westerwaldkreis district
Coordinates 50°38′30″N 8°2′4″E / 50.64167°N 8.03444°ECoordinates: 50°38′30″N 8°2′4″E / 50.64167°N 8.03444°E Administration Country Germany State Rhineland-Palatinate District Westerwaldkreis Municipal assoc. Rennerod Mayor Willi Luckenbach Basic statistics Area 4.39 km2 (1.69 sq mi) Elevation 495 m (1624 ft) Population 792 (31 December 2010)[1] - Density 180 /km2 (467 /sq mi) Other information Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Licence plate WW Postal code 56479 Area code 02664 Website www.rennerod.de Niederroßbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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Geography
Location
The community lies in the Westerwald between Siegen and Limburg an der Lahn. Through the community flow the Ortsbach and the Roßbach. Niederroßbach belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Rennerod, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.
Neighbouring communities
Niederroßbach’s neighbours are Oberroßbach, Fehl-Ritzhausen, Neustadt and Zehnhausen bei Rennerod.
History
In 1431, Niederroßbach had its first documentary mention.
Politics
Community council
The council is made up of 13 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister).
FW FW Total 2004 7 5 12 seats Economy and infrastructure
Transport
Running right near the community are Bundesstraßen 54, linking Limburg an der Lahn with Siegen, and 255, leading from Montabaur to Herborn. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Haiger/Burbach on the A 45 (Dortmund–Hanau), some 17 km away. Between Niederroßbach and Neustadt once lay a halt on the now abandoned Westerwaldquerbahn (railway). The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.
References
- ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden am 31.12.2010" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 31 December 2010. http://www.statistik.rlp.de/fileadmin/dokumente/berichte/A1033_201022_hj_G.pdf.
External links
- This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
Categories:- Municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate
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