Lohmar

Lohmar
Lohmar
Town
	Protestant church in Honrath
	Coat of arms
	Location of Lohmar within Rhein-Sieg-Kreis district
	Lohmar Lohmar
	Coordinates: 50°49′N 7°13′E / 50.817°N 7.217°E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Köln
District	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis
Subdivisions	12
Government
• Mayor (2020–25)	Claudia Wieja (Greens)
Area
• Total	65.5 km2 (25.3 sq mi)
Elevation	64 m (210 ft)
Population (2023-12-31)
• Total	30,894
• Density	470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	53797
Dialling codes	02205, 02206, 02241, 02246, 02247
Vehicle registration	SU
Website	www.lohmar.de

Lohmar (Ripuarian: Luhme) is a town in the Rhein-Sieg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Geography

Lohmar is located about 20 km east of Cologne and 15 km north-east of Bonn in the Bergisches Land area. Because it is only 20 minutes by car to Cologne or Bonn, Lohmar is a popular place for commuters. The main part of the town area is at the course of the Agger, southern of Overath.

History

Lohmar was first mentioned as a donation of archbishop Sigewid to the church of Cologne. A farmyard in Lomereis mentioned.

Lohmar is also mentioned on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris as a place of Napoleon's visit. While his inspection of the army positioned in the Rhineland in 1811 he lived in Schloss Auel in Lohmar.

Politics

Town council

The town council 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

Meeting of Agger (upper) and Sülz (lower)

The coat of arms 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:^[3]

Eppendorf, Germany (1990)
Frouard, France (1974)
Pompey, 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 with following exits:

Rösrath/Lohmar-Nord (only coming from Cologne)
Lohmar-Nord/Rösrath
Lohmar

The Bundesautobahn 4 connects through exit

Overath

Airports

The Cologne Bonn Airport is reachable within 25 minutes.

References

^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 29 June 2021.
^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2023 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
^ "Städtepartnerschaften". lohmar.de (in German). Lohmar. Retrieved 21 January 2021.

External links

Official website (in German)

[1] Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 29 June 2021.

[2] "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2023 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2024.

[3] "Städtepartnerschaften". lohmar.de (in German). Lohmar. Retrieved 21 January 2021.

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