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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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Arnsberg Government Region
- Capital
- Siegen
- Population
- 278210
- Area
- 1132.89
- Elevation
- 616
- Shares border with
- Altenkirchen district
- Headquarters
- Siegen
- Official website
- www.siegen-wittgenstein.de
- Licence plate code
- BLB
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- Commons gallery
- Kreis Siegen-Wittgenstein
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Siegen-Wittgenstein
- member of
- Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe
- 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
- P6814
- Siegen-Wittgenstein
- P11012
- Alexei Eremenko
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Coat of arms
- Towns and municipalities
- References
- External links
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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