Burbach

Burbach is a name meaning "farmer's brook" (from Old High German bur "farmer" + bach "brook"). It can refer to:

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Burbach, North Rhine-Westphalia

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

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 26 September 2004:

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.

Burbach, Rhineland-Palatinate

Burbach is a municipality in the district of Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.

Apart of Burbach itself, also Neustraßburg and the Wohnplätze and hamlets Burbachermühle (also known as Evensmühle), Dahlheckhof, Hof Lietzkreuz, In der Katzenbach, and Neuenweiher belong to the municipality.

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