Rothenbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Rothenbach lies 8 km west of Westerburg. Since 1972 it has belonged to what was then the newly founded Verbandsgemeinde of Westerburg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in Westerburg. Rothenbach's Ortsteile 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. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt). The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line. References External links Rothenbach in the collective municipality’s Web pages Municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate Westerwaldkreis