Burbach is a municipality in the
Siegen-Wittgenstein district, in
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more tha ...
,
Germany
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.
Geography
Burbach is located in Siegen-Wittgenstein district on the
river Heller, about 15 km south of
Siegen
Siegen () is a city in Germany, in the south Westphalian part of North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly sho ...
. Burbach also is a community in the southern part of the state Northrhine Westphalia.
Constituent divisions
The community of Burbach consists of the following subdivisions: Burbach, Gilsbach, Holzhausen, Lippe, Lützeln, Niederdresselndorf, Oberdresselndorf, Wahlbach, Würgendorf.
Politics
Municipal council
The council's 32 seats are apportioned thus, in accordance with municipal elections held on 25 May 2014:
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CDU 19 seats
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SPD
The Social Democratic Party of Germany (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, ; SPD, ) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany.
Saskia Esken has been the ...
10 seats
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Greens 3 seats
Coat of arms
Burbach's civic
coat of arms
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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
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.
The current civic coat of arms is based on the now abolished ''
Amt
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'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 centur
Economy and infrastructure
Transport
Running through the northeast of the municipal area is
Autobahn
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A 45 (''Sauerlandlinie''). As well, the municipal area is connected in the east to Federal Highway (''Bundesstraße'') B 54, which runs from
Siegen
Siegen () is a city in Germany, in the south Westphalian part of North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly sho ...
towards
Limburg an der Lahn
Limburg an der Lahn (officially abbreviated ''Limburg a. d. Lahn'') is the district seat of Limburg-Weilburg in Hesse, Germany.
Geography
Location
Limburg lies in western Hessen between the Taunus and the Westerwald on the river Lahn.
The to ...
. 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
The (; abbreviated as DB or DB AG) is the national railway company of Germany. Headquartered in the Bahntower in Berlin, it is a joint-stock company ( AG). The Federal Republic of Germany is its single shareholder.
describes itself as the se ...
railway
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network by the ''Hellertalbahn'' railway running from
Haiger
Haiger is a country town in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis in Hesse, Germany. The nearest city is Siegen, about 25 km north of Haiger.
Geography
Location
Haiger lies about 5 km west of Dillenburg, and 20 km southeast of Siegen on the eastern ...
to
Betzdorf.
In the southern municipal area lies the
Siegerland Airport
Siegerland Airport or ''Siegerlandflughafen'' in German is a small regional airport in Burbach in the Siegerland region near Siegen, Germany. It was formerly served by the Scheuerfeld–Emmerzhausen railway and is presently used as the mainten ...
.
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
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WaldrichSiegen
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* IPG Photonics
Notable people
Notable people associated with the town include:
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Cem Islamoglu
Cem Islamoglu (born September 4, 1980) is a German footballer who plays for SV Waldhof Mannheim.
External links
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1980 births
Living people
German footballers
German people of Turkish descent
SV Darmstadt 98 players
SV Waldhof Mannheim p ...
, Turkish-German
football
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player
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Wilhelm Killing
Wilhelm Karl Joseph Killing (10 May 1847 – 11 February 1923) was a German mathematician who made important contributions to the theories of Lie algebras, Lie groups, and non-Euclidean geometry.
Life
Killing studied at the University of Mü ...
,
mathematician
A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems.
Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, structure, space, models, and change.
History
On ...
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Dirk Müller, racing driver
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Hermann Schmidt Hermann or Herrmann may refer to:
* Hermann (name), list of people with this name
* Arminius, chieftain of the Germanic Cherusci tribe in the 1st century, known as Hermann in the German language
* Éditions Hermann, French publisher
* Hermann, Mis ...
, German
politician
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Markus Waldrich, German football player
References
External links
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Burbach in the ''Kulturatlas Westfalen''
Catholic parish
Protestantic parish
Siegen-Wittgenstein
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