Burbach

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For the French commune, see Burbach, Haut-Rhin.

Coordinates: 50°45′N 8°5′E

Burbach
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Administrative region	Arnsberg
District	Siegen-Wittgenstein
Population	14,947 (31/12/2004)
Area	79.66 km²
Population density	189 /km²
Elevation	432 m
Coordinates	50°45′ N 8°5′ E
Postal code	57299
Area code	02736
Licence plate code	SI
Mayor	Christoph Ewers
Website	Gemeinde Burbach

Burbach is a community in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in Siegen-Wittgenstein district.

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Location 1.2 Constituent communities 2 Politics 2.1 Municipal council 2.2 Coat of arms 3 Economy and infrastructure 3.1 Transport 3.2 Established businesses 4 Personalities 4.1 Sons and daughters of the town 5 Reference 6 External links

[edit] Geography

[edit] Location

Burbach is located in Siegen-Wittgenstein district on the river Heller, about 15 km south of Siegen.

[edit] Constituent communities

The community of Burbach consists of the following centres: Burbach, Gilsbach, Holzhausen, Lippe, Lützeln, Niederdresselndorf, Oberdresselndorf, Wahlbach, Würgendorf.

[edit] Politics

[edit] Municipal council

The council's 32 seats are apportioned thus, in accordance with municipal elections held on 26 September 2004:

• CDU 20 seats
• SPD 10 seats
• Greens 2 seats

[edit] Coat of arms

Burbach's civic coat of arms might heraldically be described thus: Party per pale, dexter in azure spangled with billets Or a two-tailed lion rampant Or armed and langued gules, sinister in Or three lozenges sable arranged vertically.

The lion stands for the princely House of Nassau-Siegen. The three lozenges (diamonds) come from the Lords of Seelbach, who held sway over the community in the Middle Ages.

The current civic coat of arms is based on the now abolished Amt's arms, and was granted in 1970. The local court for Burbach and Seelbach was already using the combination of a lion and diamonds by the 15th century.[1]

[edit] Economy and infrastructure

[edit] Transport

Running through the northeast of the municipal area is Autobahn A 45 (Sauerlandlinie). As well, the municipal area is connected in the east to Federal Highway (Bundesstraße) B 54, which runs from Siegen towards Limburg an der Lahn. Bus connections are provided by the Westphalia-South Transport Community (Verkehrsgemeinschaft Westfalen-Süd; VGWS) running to all neighbouring communities.

The community is directly connected to the Deutsche Bahn railway network by the Hellertalbahn railway running from Haiger to Betzdorf.

In the southern municipal area lies the Siegerland Airport.

[edit] Established businesses

Well known businesses in Burbach are:

• Expert Klein
• Foto-Drogerie-Kosmetik Bräuer
• Georgi Transporte
• Hering Bau (tracklaying)
• Heusel Kälte- und Klimatechnik
• SOPREMA-KLEWA Dachbaustoffe
• MHP Mannesmann Präzisrohr
• Orica, Werk Würgendorf (formerly Dynamit Nobel AG)
• razorcom it service
• Rittal
• Waldrich Siegen

[edit] Personalities

[edit] Sons and daughters of the town

• Cem Islamoglu, Turkish-German football player
• Markus Waldrich, German football player
• Wilhelm Killing, mathematician
• Hermann Schmidt, German politician

[edit] Reference

This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.

[edit] External links

• Burbach
• Burbach in the Kulturatlas Westfalen
• Catholic parish