Siegen-Wittgenstein

Siegen-Wittgenstein
District
Coat of arms
Coordinates:
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

Other websites

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