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Siegen-Wittgenstein District
—  District  —
Coats of arms from the Kreis Siegen-Wittgenstein
Coat of arms
North rhine w sw grey
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Adm. region Arnsberg Region
Capital Siegen
Area
 • Total 1,131.47 km2 (436.86 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2010)[1]
 • Total 282,681
 • Density 250/km2 (650/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration SI
Website siegen-wittgenstein.de
County of Wittgenstein
Grafschaft Wittgenstein
State of the Holy Roman Empire
1174–1357 Image missing

Wappen des Kreises Wittgenstein

Coat of arms of the Counts of Wittgenstein

Capital Wittgenstein Castle
Government Principality
Historical era Middle Ages
 -  Established 1174
 -  Merged with
    Sayn-Sponheim
 
1357 1357

Siegen-Wittgenstein District is a Kreis (district) in the southeast of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Olpe, Hochsauerland, Waldeck-Frankenberg, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Lahn-Dill, Westerwald, Altenkirchen.

History[]

In 1816–1817, the two districts of Siegen and Wittgenstein were created as parts of the Prussian province of Westphalia. In 1974, the two districts were merged, and in 1984 the name Siegen-Wittgenstein was adopted.

Geography[]

Geographically, it covers the hills southeast of the Sauerland hills, the Siegerland and Wittgensteiner Land.

Coat of arms[]

Coat of arms of Siegen-Wittgenstein

The two upper sections show, to the right, the arms of the Dukes of Nassau, who founded Siegen, and to the left, those of the Counts of Sayn-Wittgenstein. At the bottom a miner's lamp and a coppicing hook are depicted, in reference to the mining and charcoal-burning history of the district.

Towns and municipalities[]

Towns Municipalities
  1. Bad Berleburg
  2. Bad Laasphe
  3. Freudenberg
  4. Hilchenbach
  5. Kreuztal
  6. Netphen
  7. Siegen
  1. Burbach
  2. Erndtebrück
  3. Neunkirchen (Siegerland)
  4. Wilnsdorf

References[]

  1. ^ "Amtliche Bevölkerungszahlen" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. 31 December 2010. http://www.it.nrw.de/statistik/a/daten/amtlichebevoelkerungszahlen/index.html. 

External links[]

Coordinates: 50°55′N 8°10′E / 50.92, 8.17


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