Raumbach

Raumbach
Coat of arms
Raumbach
Location of Raumbach within Bad Kreuznach district
Coordinates: 49°43′20.2″N 7°39′11.68″E / 49.722278°N 7.6532444°E / 49.722278; 7.6532444Coordinates: 49°43′20.2″N 7°39′11.68″E / 49.722278°N 7.6532444°E / 49.722278; 7.6532444
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Bad Kreuznach
Municipal assoc.	Meisenheim
Government
• Mayor	Reimund Ellrich
Area
• Total	4.42 km2 (1.71 sq mi)
Elevation	157 m (515 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	380
• Density	86/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	55592
Dialling codes	06753
Vehicle registration	KH
Website	www.raumbach.de

Raumbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Meisenheim, whose seat is in the like-named town.

Raumbach is a linear village (by some definitions, a “thorpe”) that lies between Meisenheim and Rehborn on the left (west) side of the lower Glan valley in a part of the North Palatine Uplands characterized mainly by cropfields and woodland. This landscape is part of the Glan-Alsenz Uplands and comprises the southern part of the Bad Kreuznach district with its picturesquely arranged low mountain range, which is also rich in waterbodies. A variety of landforms from hills and dales, some more pronounced than others, to steep slopes and others that are not quite as steep can be found, along with frequent changes from cropfields and meadows on the one hand to woods on the other. Raumbach sits at an elevation of 160 m above sea level.

Clockwise from the north, Raumbach’s neighbours are the municipalities of Abtweiler and Rehborn, the town of Meisenheim, and the municipalities of Desloch and Lauschied, although it touches the last at only one point. All these places likewise lie within the Bad Kreuznach district.