Burbach, North Rhine-Westphalia

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Burbach
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Coat of arms of Burbach
Burbach, North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany)
Burbach, North Rhine-Westphalia
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region Arnsberg
District Siegen-Wittgenstein
Municipal subdivisions 9
Mayor Christoph Ewers
Basic statistics
Area 79.66 km² (30.8 sq mi)
Elevation 365 m  (1198 ft)
Population 14,770  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 185 /km² (480 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate SI
Postal code 57299
Area code 02736
Website www.burbach-siegerland.de
Location of Burbach within Siegen-Wittgenstein district
Map

Coordinates: 50°44′40″N 8°05′10″E / 50.74444, 8.08611

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

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[edit] Geography

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

[edit] Constituent divisions

Constituent communities
Constituent communities

The community of Burbach consists of the following subdivisions: 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:

[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] Notable people

Notable people associated with the town include:

[edit] References

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

[edit] External links

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Towns and municipalities in Siegen-Wittgenstein
Coat of Arms of Siegen-Wittgenstein district