Lohmar
Lohmar | |
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 Protestant church in Honrath | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Lohmar within Rhein-Sieg-Kreis district  | |
Köln | |
| District | Rhein-Sieg-Kreis |
| Subdivisions | 12 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–25) | Claudia Wieja[1] (Greens) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 65.5 km2 (25.3 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 64 m (210 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 30,846 |
| • 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 (
Geography
Lohmar is located about 20 km east of Cologne and 15 km north-east of Bonn in the
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
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The town council consists of 40 members. The current breakdown after the local elections held on 13 September 2020 is as follows:
- CDU16 members
- Grüne14 members
- SPD5 members
- FDP2 members
- UWG2 members
- Volksabstimmung 1 member
The CDU and Grünen govern the town as a coalition.
Mayor
- Mayor: Claudia Wieja (Grüne)
Coat of arms
The
Twin towns – sister cities
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.
- Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ^ "Städtepartnerschaften". lohmar.de (in German). Lohmar. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
External links
- Official website (in German)
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