Burbach is located in Siegen-Wittgenstein district on the river Heller, about 15 km south of Siegen.

The council's 32 seats are apportioned thus, in accordance with municipal elections held on 25 May 2014: Burbach's civic coat of arms might heraldically be described thus: Party per pale, dexter in azure spangled with billets Or a two-tailed lion rampant Or armed and langued gules, sinister in Or three lozenges sable arranged vertically.

The three lozenges (diamonds) come from the Lords of Seelbach, who held sway over the community in the Middle Ages.

The local court for Burbach and Seelbach was already using the combination of a lion and diamonds by the 15th century.

As well, the municipal area is connected in the east to Federal Highway (Bundesstraße) B 54, which runs from Siegen towards Limburg an der Lahn.