Siegen-Wittgenstein

Siegen-Wittgenstein
Siegen-Wittgenstein
District
	Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 50°55′N 8°10′E / 50.92°N 8.17°E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Adm. region	Arnsberg
Capital	Siegen
Area
• Total	1,131.47 km2 (436.86 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2022)
• Total	277,136
• Density	240/km2 (630/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	SI
Website	siegen-wittgenstein.de

Siegen-Wittgenstein is a landkreis (rural district or county) in the southeast of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

History

In 1816 – 17 the two districts of Siegen and Wittgenstein were made as parts of the Prussian province of Westphalia. In 1974 the two districts were merged, and in 1984 the district changed its name to Siegen-Wittgenstein.

Coat of arms

On the coat of arms, 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 pictured, to remember the mining and charcoal-burning history of the district.

Towns and municipalities

Towns	Municipalities
Bad Berleburg Bad Laasphe Freudenberg Hilchenbach Kreuztal Netphen Siegen	Burbach Erndtebrück Neunkirchen (Siegerland) Wilnsdorf

References

↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2022 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2023.

Other websites

Official webpage (in German)
History and genealogy for Wittgenstein Archived 2008-02-22 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2022 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2023.

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