# Burscheid

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

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

## Government

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

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

Burscheid is within 15 kilometers of both Solingen and Leverkusen.

## 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.

## Services

Burscheid has its own public schools, swimming pool 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 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
### Honorary citizen

* 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

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

### Other personalities

* 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.
* 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