Birch trees (Lohmar)

Birch trees City of Lohmar Coordinates: 50 ° 54 ′ 8 ″  N , 7 ° 14 ′ 45 ″  E
Height :	approx. 150 m
Incorporation :	1st August 1969
Postal code :	53797
Area code :	02206
Location of birch trees in North Rhine-Westphalia

Birken is a hamlet that belongs to the town of Lohmar in the Rhein-Sieg district in North Rhine-Westphalia .

geography

Birken lies in the northwest of Lohmar. Surrounding villages and hamlets are Honrath in the north, Burg Honrath , Agger and Naafshäuschen in the northeast, Gut Windlöck in the east, Schloss Auel and Gut Rosauel in the southeast, Wahlscheid in the south, Scheid and Weilerhohn in the southwest, Heiden and Stumpf in the west and Meinenbroich in the northwest .

The Birker Bach (2.4 km long) has its source north of Birken and the Steffenbach flows south. Both are orographically right tributaries of the Agger .

history

In 1885 the hamlet "Oberste Birken" had 44 inhabitants who lived in eight houses; "Unterste Birken" was a single house with seven residents.

Until 1969, Birken belonged to the previously independent municipality of Wahlscheid .

traffic

• Birken is on Kreisstraße 49.
• The nearest train station is in Lohmar-Honrath near Jexmühle .
• The bus lines 546 and 558 connect the place with Lohmar, Siegburg and Wahlscheid. Birken belongs to the tariff area of ​​the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg (VRS).
• A shared call taxi supplements the offer in public transport .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Topographic map 1: 25000
2. ↑ Water directory of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection NRW 2010 (XLS; 4.67 MB) ( Notes )
3. ↑ Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( Notes )
4. ^ Community encyclopedia for the province of Rhineland (PDF; 1.5 MB), Verlag des Königlich Statistischen Bureaus, 1888, page 120
5. ↑ Mini-timetable of the VRS 2008, 2009