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Burscheid is a town in the Rheinisch-Bergischer district in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It has just under 20,000 inhabitants. The town is known for its sub-communities (somewhat equivalent to the American concept of neighborhoods) and the town center with its marketplace and churches. The Rheinisch-Bergische Kreis is a Kreis (district) in the middle of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ...
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North Rhine-Westphalia (German: Nordrhein-Westfalen, usually shortened to: NRW) is - in population and economic output - the largest Federal State of Germany. ...
Economy
The two largest employers in Burscheid are Federal Mogul GmbH (formerly known as Goetze AG) and Johnson Controls. Official Logo Federal-Mogul Corporation (OTCBB: FDMLQ) is a major automotive parts supplier based in Southfield, Michigan, USA. Currently operating under Chapter 11 Reorganization, Federal-Mogul employs some 45,000 people in 24 countries. ...
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Government Hans Dieter Kahrl (CDU) was first elected as Bürgermeister (mayor) in 1999. He was reelected in a general election on 26 September 2004 with 51.6 % of the vote.
The current city council was elected with the following breakdown of political affiliations (again, as of the 2004 general election):
- CDU, 2,932 votes, 40.0 % (1999: 47.4 %)
- SPD, 1,989 votes, 27.2 % (28.4 %)
- Grüne, 745 votes, 10.2 % (6.5 %)
- UWG, 884 votes, 12.1 % (8.5 %)
- FDP, 767 votes, 10.5 % (9.2 %)
Transportation Burscheid is on the A1 Autobahn, and federal highway (Bundesstraße) 51 travels through the town. A once active rail-spur existed in part of the town in the early 1990s. It had, at that time, already been out of service for several years. The Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg and Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr both operate bus lines that stop in Burscheid. VRR area The Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (abbreviated VRR) is the public transport association covering the area of the Rhine-Ruhr megalopolis in Germany. ...
Neighboring communities Burscheid is within 15 kilometers of both Solingen and Leverkusen. Solingen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ...
Map of Germany showing Leverkusen Leverkusen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ...
Sub-communities 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. Wermelskirchen is a town in the Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, southeast of Remscheid. ...
Services Burscheid has its own public schools, police force, and volunteer fire department.
Tourist sites - 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 has been abandoned since 1998. No new uses of the property have been planned or have come forward.
- 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.
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