Niederroßbach

Niederroßbach
Niederroßbach
	Coat of arms
	Location of Niederroßbach within Westerwaldkreis district
	Niederroßbach Niederroßbach
	Coordinates: 50°38′30″N 8°2′4″E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Rennerod
Government
• Mayor	Willi Luckenbach
Area
• Total	4.39 km2 (1.69 sq mi)
Elevation	495 m (1,624 ft)
Population (2019-12-31)[1]
• Total	686
• Density	160/km2 (400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	56479
Dialling codes	02664
Vehicle registration	WW
Website	www.rennerod.de

Niederroßbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

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.

In 1431, Niederroßbach had its first documentary mention.

The council is made up of 13 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister).

	FW	FW	Total
2004	7	5	12 seats

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.

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