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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.

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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Wikidata facts

Country
Germany
Capital
Siegen
Population
278210
Area
1132.89
Elevation
616
Shares border with
Altenkirchen district
Headquarters
Siegen
Licence plate code
BLB
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Commons gallery
Kreis Siegen-Wittgenstein
category of associated people
Category:People from Siegen-Wittgenstein
Commons category
Kreis Siegen-Wittgenstein
inception
1975-00-00
twinned administrative body
London Borough of Barnet
topic's main category
Category:Siegen-Wittgenstein
located in/on physical feature
Westphalia
native label
Siegen-Wittgenstein
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Coat of arms
  • Towns and municipalities
  • References
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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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