Rotenhain is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a '' Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Since 1972 it has belonged to what was then the newly founded ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Westerburg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

Geography

Rotenhain lies 9 km southwest of Westerburg.

Politics

The municipal council is made up of 13 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (''Bürgermeister''), who were elected in a

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Koblenz Koblenz (; Moselle Franconian language, Moselle Franconian: ''Kowelenz''), spelled Coblenz before 1926, is a German city on the banks of the Rhine and the Moselle, a multi-nation tributary. Koblenz was established as a Roman Empire, Roman mili ...

, Frankfurt am Main and Wiesbaden may be reached directly. The nearest

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stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

References

External links

Rotenhain in the collective municipality’s Web pages
Municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate Westerwaldkreis {{Westerwaldkreis-geo-stub