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Burscheid

Burscheid
Town
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Burscheid within Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis district
Burscheid Show map of Germany Burscheid Show map of North Rhine-Westphalia
Coordinates: 51°06′00″N 07°07′00″E / 51.10000°N 7.11667°E / 51.10000; 7.11667
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Köln
District	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis
Subdivisions	89
Government
• Mayor (2020–25)	Stefan Caplan[1] (CDU)
Area
• Total	27.38 km2 (10.57 sq mi)
Highest elevation	251 m (823 ft)
Lowest elevation	88 m (289 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	18,968
• Density	690/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	51399
Dialling codes	02174
Vehicle registration	GL
Website	www.burscheid.de

Burscheid is a town in the Rheinisch-Bergischer district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The town is known for its sub-communities (somewhat equivalent to the American concept of neighborhoods) and the town centre with its marketplace and churches.

Economy[edit]

The two largest employers in Burscheid are Federal Mogul GmbH (formerly known as Goetze AG) and Johnson Controls.

Government[edit]

The current mayor is Stefan Caplan (CDU), first elected in 2014 and re-elected in September 2020.

The current city council was elected with the following breakdown of political affiliations, as of the 2020 local election:

• CDU: 14 seats
• Bündnis für Burscheid: 8 seats
• SPD: 7 seats
• Grüne: 7 seats
• FDP: 2 seats
• UWG: 2 seats

Transportation[edit]

Burscheid is on the A1 Autobahn, and federal highway (Bundesstraße) 51 travels through the town. The Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg and Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr both operate bus lines that stop in Burscheid.

Neighboring communities[edit]

Burscheid is within 15 kilometers of both Solingen and Leverkusen.

Sub-communities[edit]

Bellinghausen - Benninhausen - Berghamberg - Berringhausen - Blasberg - Dierath - Dünweg - Dürscheid - Großbruch - Großhamberg - Grünscheid - Heddinghofen - Hilgen - Kaltenherberg - Kämersheide - Kippekofen - Kleinhamberg - Kuckenberg - Lungstraße - Nagelsbaum - Oberlandscheid - Oberwietsche - Ösinghausen- Repinghofen - Rötzinghofen - Sträßchen.

Hilgen (or Burscheid-Hilgen) is the second largest and most significant sub-community, next to the main town center (Burscheid itself). Hilgen is on the town's border with Wermelskirchen and has many of its own shops and restaurants. Most sub-communities in Burscheid are easily reachable by foot or bicycle.

Services[edit]

Burscheid has its own public schools, swimming pool and volunteer fire department.

Tourist sites[edit]

• Haus Landscheid is a former estate that belonged to the knight Heinrich von Nesselrode in 1731. It was the site of a restaurant from 1983 to 1998, but was abandoned from 1998 until recently. It is now a hotel and restaurant (updated Oct 2014).
• The Lambertsmühle (Lamberts Mill) is in the Wiehbach valley in the southwest of the town, and has been a museum since 1994. The mill's main exhibit is entitled "The Path from Grain to Bread."
• The Paffenlöher Steffi (in the neighboring community of Paffenlöh) is a local dance club.

Personalities[edit]

Honorary citizen[edit]

• Paul Luchtenberg (1890-1973), co-founder of the FDP, Member of Bundestag, minister of culture of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
• Wilhelm Schmidt, mayor of the town of Burscheid from 1894 to 1928
• Hugo Bernd, powder-wheeler
• Erich Richartz-Bertrams, (died 1973), industrialist and patron
• Ewald Sträßer (Burscheid, 1867 - Stuttgart, 1933), compositor

Sons and daughters of the city[edit]

• Carl Pulfrich (1858-1927), physicist and optician
• Günter Wallraff (b. 1942), writer and undercover journalist

Other personalities[edit]

• Rüdiger Vollborn, (b. 1963), former Bundesliga goalkeeper of the neighboring football club Bayer 04 Leverkusen
• Karlheinz Stockhausen composer, (1928-2007), visited once the Burscheider Bürgerschule.^[3]
• Uwe Boll, (b. 1965), German director, producer and screenwriter
• Silke Gnad, (b. 1966), former national handball player
• Hansi Gnad, (b. 1963), former national basketball player

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Burscheid.

• Official site (in German)

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