Burbach

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

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 14 September 2025:

CDU 16 seats

SPD 7 seats

Greens 3 seats

FDP 1 seat

Independent Voters' Association of Burbach 5 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.

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

WaldrichSiegen

IPG Photonics

Notable people

Notable people associated with the town include:

Christian Dünnes (* 1984), German former volleyball player

Cem Islamoglu (* 1980), Turkish-German football player

Wilhelm Killing (1847–1923), mathematician

Volkmar Klein (* 1960), German politician

Dirk Müller (* 1975), racing driver

Hermann Schmidt (1917–1983), German politician

Markus Waldrich, German football player