Location

Rosenthal lies in the Burgwald range 11 km southeast of Frankenberg and 18 km northeast of Marburg.

Neighbouring communities

Rosenthal borders in the north on the community of Burgwald, in the east on the town of Gemünden (both in Waldeck-Frankenberg), in the southeast on the community of Wohratal, in the south on the towns of Rauschenberg and Wetter, and in the west on the community of Münchhausen (all in Marburg-Biedenkopf).

Constituent communities

Besides the main town, which bears the same name as the whole, the town of Rosenthal consists of the centres of Roda and Willershausen.

Amalgamations

As part of Hesse's municipal reforms in the early 1970s, the heretofore independent communities of Roda and Willershausen were amalgamated with Rosenthal.

Town council

This section needs to be updated. (July 2021)

The town council's 15 seats are apportioned thus, in accordance with municipal elections held on 26 March 2006:

Note: Bürgerliste Roda is a citizens' coalition.

Mayor

At the mayoral election on 26 September 2021, Stefan Jakob was elected Rosenthal's mayor with a 82% share of the vote.

Coat of arms

Rosenthal's civic coat of arms might heraldically be described thus: In gules a six-spoked wheel argent surrounded per square by four roses Or with centres azure and sepals vert.

This describes the arms shown in this article, and also seen at the town's official website. At least one source, however, describes a different composition with three stemmed roses growing out of the top of the wheel.

The wheel is the Wheel of Mainz, symbolizing the town's founders.