Burbach, North Rhine-Westphalia

Burbach
Burbach
Municipality
	Burbach seen from the northwest
	Coat of arms
	Location of Burbach within Siegen-Wittgenstein district
	Burbach Burbach
	Coordinates: 50°44′40″N 8°05′10″E / 50.74444°N 8.08611°E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Arnsberg
District	Siegen-Wittgenstein
Subdivisions	9
Government
• Mayor (2020–25)	Christoph Ewers (CDU)
Area
• Total	79.66 km2 (30.76 sq mi)
Elevation	365 m (1,198 ft)
Population (2023-12-31)
• Total	15,217
• Density	190/km2 (490/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	57299
Dialling codes	02736
Vehicle registration	SI
Website	www.burbach-siegerland.de

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

Geography

Burbach is located in Siegen-Wittgenstein district on the river Heller, about 15 km south of Siegen. Burbach also is a community in the southern part of the state Northrhine Westphalia.

Constituent divisions

Constituent communities

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:

CDU 19 seats
SPD 10 seats
Greens 3 seats

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]

Economy and infrastructure

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.