Lohmar (;
Ripuarian: ''Luhme'') is a municipality and a town in the
Rhein-Sieg
The Rhein-Sieg-Kreis () is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the south of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis, Oberbergischer Kreis, Altenkirchen (district), Altenkirchen, Neuwied (district), Neuwied, Ah ...
district, in
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia or North-Rhine/Westphalia, commonly shortened to NRW, is a States of Germany, state () in Old states of Germany, Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the List of German states by population, most ...
, Germany.
Geography
Lohmar is located about 20 km east of Cologne and 15 km north-east of Bonn in the
Bergisches Land
The Bergisches Land (, ) is a low mountain range in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, east of the Rhine and south of the Ruhr. The landscape is shaped by forests, meadows, rivers and creeks and contains over twenty artificial lakes ...
area. Because it is only 20 minutes by car to
Cologne
Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city pr ...
or
Bonn
Bonn () is a federal city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located on the banks of the Rhine. With a population exceeding 300,000, it lies about south-southeast of Cologne, in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr region. This ...
, Lohmar is a popular place for
commuters.
The municipality of Lohmar is divided into two parts: Lohmar itself and Wahlscheid 7 km to the north. About a third of the total population lives in
Wahlscheid (a separate municipality until 1969). In total Lohmar comprises 30 districts. The most important are Lohmar itself (est. population approx. 9500)
Donrath(2200), Heide (2100) and Birk (1400) in the south, as well as Wahlscheid (3200), Neuhonrath (2000), Honrath (1500) and Agger (1000) in the north.
Lohmar, Donrath, Wahlscheid, Neuhonrath and Agger are located in the
Agger valley, the other villages in the uplands.
History
Lohmar was first mentioned as a donation of archbishop Sigewid to the church of Cologne. A farmyard in ''Lomere''is mentioned.
Lohmar is also mentioned on the
Arc de Triomphe
The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, often called simply the Arc de Triomphe, is one of the most famous monuments in Paris, France, standing at the western end of the Champs-Élysées at the centre of Place Charles de Gaulle, formerly named Plac ...
in Paris as a place of
Napoleon's visit. While his inspection of the army positioned in the
Rhineland
The Rhineland ( ; ; ; ) is a loosely defined area of Western Germany along the Rhine, chiefly Middle Rhine, its middle section. It is the main industrial heartland of Germany because of its many factories, and it has historic ties to the Holy ...
in 1811 he lived in ''Schloss Auel'' in Lohmar.
Politics
Town council
The
town council
A town council, city council or municipal council is a form of local government for small municipalities.
Usage of the term varies under different jurisdictions.
Republic of Ireland
In 2002, 49 urban district councils and 26 town commissi ...
consists of 40 members. The current breakdown after the local elections held on 13 September 2020 is as follows:
*
CDU 16 members
*
Grüne 14 members
*
SPD 5 members
*
FDP 2 members
*
UWG 2 members
* Volksabstimmung 1 member
The CDU and ''Grünen'' govern the town as a coalition.
Mayor
* Mayor: Claudia Wieja (Grüne)
Coat of arms
The
coat of arms
A coat of arms is a heraldry, heraldic communication design, visual design on an escutcheon (heraldry), escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the last two being outer garments), originating in Europe. The coat of arms on an escutcheon f ...
contains a lion of Berg in the upper fragment. It symbolizes the former jurisdiction by the
Earldom of Berg. The lower fraction shows the meeting of the
Agger and the
Sülz rivers.
Twin towns – sister cities
Lohmar is
twinned with:
*
Eppendorf, Germany (1990)
*
Frouard, France (1974)
*
Pompey
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (; 29 September 106 BC – 28 September 48 BC), known in English as Pompey ( ) or Pompey the Great, was a Roman general and statesman who was prominent in the last decades of the Roman Republic. ...
, France (1974)
*
Vila Verde, Portugal (1986)
*
Żarów, Poland (2007)
Transport
Lohmar is served by ''Honrath'' railway station on the
Cologne–Overath railway. A train to Cologne stops every 30 minutes. The trip to Cologne lasts about 30 minutes. A service runs in the other direction to
Overath every 30 minutes.
Roads
Lohmar is connected to the
Bundesautobahn 3
is an autobahn in Germany running from the Germany-Netherlands border near Wesel in the northwest to the Germany-Austria border near Passau.
Major cities along its total length of 778 km (483 mi) include Oberhausen, Duisburg, Düsse ...
with following exits:
* Rösrath/Lohmar-Nord (only coming from Cologne)
* Lohmar-Nord/Rösrath
* Lohmar
The
Bundesautobahn 4
is an autobahn in two discontinuous segments that crosses Germany in a west–east direction. The western segment has a length of , while the part in the east is long.
Route
The western A 4 starts north-west of Aachen, where the A ...
connects through exit
* Overath
Airports
The
Cologne Bonn Airport
Cologne Bonn Airport () is an international airport in north-western Germany. It serves the country's fourth-largest city Cologne, as well as Bonn, the former capital of West Germany. With approximately 12.4 million passengers passing through i ...
is reachable within 25 minutes.
References
External links
Official website
{{Authority control
Towns in North Rhine-Westphalia