 Bergrothenfels was separated administratively from Rothenfels in the 19th century, only to be reamalgamated in the 1971 "Gebietsreform".From 1996 to 2014 Rosemarie Richartz (Stadtrat 96) was the mayor of Rothenfels.Since 2014 Michael Gram (Unabhängige Bürger/Freie Bürger/SPD) is the new mayor.