# Rotenhain

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{{Infobox German location
|image_photo       =
|image_coa            =DEU Rotenhain COA.svg
|coordinates       = {{coord|50|36|3|N|7|52|57|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan          = Rotenhain im Westerwaldkreis.png
|state        = Rheinland-Pfalz
|district         = Westerwaldkreis
|Verbandsgemeinde  = Westerburg
|elevation              = 465
|area            = 4.10
|postal_code               = 56459
|area_code           = 02661
|licence               = WW
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 43 288
|website           = [http://www.rotenhain.de www.rotenhain.de]
|mayor             = Thomas Paul Ziomek<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
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'''Rotenhain''' is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''[Verbandsgemeinde](/source/Verbandsgemeinde)'' – in the [Westerwaldkreis](/source/Westerwaldkreis) in [Rhineland-Palatinate](/source/Rhineland-Palatinate), [Germany](/source/Germany). Since 1972 it has belonged to what was then the newly founded [''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Westerburg](/source/Westerburg_(Verbandsgemeinde)), a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the [like-named town](/source/Westerburg).

==Geography==

Rotenhain lies 9&nbsp;km southwest of [Westerburg](/source/Westerburg).

==Politics==

The municipal council is made up of 13 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (''Bürgermeister''), who were elected in a [majority vote](/source/Plurality_voting_system) in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

==Economy and infrastructure==
thumb|right|Rotenhain train station 
Southwest of the community runs ''[Bundesstraße](/source/Bundesstra%C3%9Fe)'' 255, leading from [Montabaur](/source/Montabaur) to [Herborn](/source/Herborn_(Hesse)). The nearest [Autobahn](/source/Autobahn) [interchange](/source/interchange_(road)) is ''Montabaur'' on the [A&nbsp;3](/source/Bundesautobahn_3) ([Cologne](/source/Cologne)&ndash;[Frankfurt](/source/Frankfurt_am_Main)). Rotenhain lies on the ''Oberwesterwaldbahn'' ([railway](/source/railway)) to Limburg and Au (Sieg). From there, the cities of [Cologne](/source/Cologne), [Koblenz](/source/Koblenz), [Frankfurt am Main](/source/Frankfurt_am_Main) and [Wiesbaden](/source/Wiesbaden) may be reached directly. The nearest [InterCityExpress](/source/InterCityExpress) stop is the [railway station](/source/railway_station) at Montabaur on the [Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line](/source/Cologne-Frankfurt_high-speed_rail_line).

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.westerburger-land.de/haupt/gemeinden/uebersicht/unsere_gemeinden/ortsgemeinden/rotenhain/index.phtml Rotenhain 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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