Oberroßbach

Geschichte

Oberroßbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.GeographyLocationThe community is located in the area of Hoher Westerwald between Siegen and Limburg an der Lahn. Through the community flows the Dorfbach. Near the community, and indeed at its original location, flows the actual Roßbach. Oberroßbach belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Rennerod, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.Greater towns in the area are Siegen and Koblenz. The community’s highest point is Löh, also known as Hiesel.GeologyIn the 20th century, basalt was quarried in Oberroßbach. Until about 1970, the roadway was cobbled.Neighbouring communitiesOberroßbach borders on Fehl-Ritzhausen, Zehnhausen, Niederroßbach, Hof and Salzburg.