Siegen-Wittgenstein
Sign in to saveSiegen-Wittgenstein is a Kreis (district) in the southeast of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Olpe, Hochsauerlandkreis, Waldeck-Frankenberg, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Lahn-Dill, Westerwaldkreis, and Altenkirchen.
Key facts
- District DE.name
- Siegen-Wittgenstein
- District DE.state
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- District DE.image_flag
- Flagge Kreis Siegen-Wittgenstein.svg
- District DE.image_coa
- Coats of arms from the Kreis Siegen-Wittgenstein.svg
- District DE.capital
- Siegen
- District DE.regierungsbezirk
- Arnsberg
- District DE.area
- 1,131.47
- District DE.Kreisschlüssel
- 05970
- District DE.district_admin
- Andreas Müller
- District DE.admin_party
- SPD
- District DE.carsign
- BLB, SI
- District DE.url
- siegen-wittgenstein.de
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Siegen-Wittgenstein is a Kreis (district) in the southeast of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Olpe, Hochsauerlandkreis, Waldeck-Frankenberg, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Lahn-Dill, Westerwaldkreis, and 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Siegen-Wittgenstein” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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