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Location of the town of Lohmar within Rhein-Sieg-Kreis district
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| Administration | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Admin. region | Cologne |
| District | Rhein-Sieg-Kreis |
| Town subdivisions | 12 |
| Mayor | Wolfgang Röger (CDU) |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 65.5 km2 (25.3 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 64 m (210 ft) |
| Population | 31,129 (31 December 2010)[1] |
| - Density | 475 /km2 (1,231 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | SU |
| Postal code | 53797 |
| Area codes | 02205, 02206, 02241, 02246, 02247 |
| Website | www.lohmar.de |
Lohmar is a town in the Rhein-Sieg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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Lohmar is located about 20 km east of Cologne and 15 km north-east of Bonn in the Bergisches Land area. Because it is only 20 minutes by car to Cologne or Bonn, Lohmar is a popular place for commuters. The main part of the town area is at the course of the Agger, southern of Overath.
Lohmar was first mentioned as a donation of archbishop Sigewid to the church of Cologne. A farmyard in Lomereis mentioned.
Lohmar is also mentioned on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris as a place of Napoleon's visit. While his inspection of the army positioned in the Rhineland in 1811 he lived in Schloss Auel in Lohmar.
The city council consists of 40 members. The current breakdown, from the general elections held September 26, 2004, is as follows:
The CDU and Grünen rule the town as a coalition.
The coat of arms contains a lion of Berg in the upper fragment. It symbolizes the former jurisdiction by the Earldom of Berg. The lower fraction shows the meeting of the Agger and the Sülz rivers.
Lohmar holds Frouard and Pompey in France as its sister cities since 1974. Since 1986 Villa Verde in Portugal is a sister city of Lohmar, Eppendorf in Saxony since 1990 and Żarów in Poland since 2007.[2]
Lohmar is connected with the railway station Honrath. A train to Cologne passes every 30 minutes. The drive to Cologne lasts about 30 minutes. To the other direction, every 30 minutes a train to Overath departs.
Lohmar is connected to the Bundesautobahn 3 with following exits:
The Bundesautobahn 4 connects through exit
The Cologne Bonn Airport is reachable within 25 minutes.
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