page_title: Siegen
section_title: City area
hierarchical_section_title: Siegen / Geography / City area
caption_attribution_description: English: Divisions within the city Siegen, Germany. Red/Grey colors match the color scheme of Germany maps and information boxes in German Wikipedia. District is highlighted in red. Deutsch: Gliederung der Stadtteile der Stadt Siegen, Germany. Entspricht dem in der deutschen Wikipedia verwendeten Rot/Grau-Farbschema für Karten und Infoboxen. Der Stadtteil ist in rot hervorgehoben.
context_page_description: Siegen is a city in Germany, in the south Westphalian part of North Rhine-Westphalia.
  It is located in the district of Siegen-Wittgenstein in the Arnsberg region. The university town is the district seat, and is ranked as a "higher centre" in the South Westphalian urban agglomeration.
  In 1975, municipal reforms and amalgamations lifted Siegen's population above the 100,000 mark.
context_section_description: The city's total land area is roughly 115 km² (44 sq mi). Its greatest east-west span is about 12 km (7 mi), and its greatest north-south span is about 12 km (7 mi). City limits are 48 km (30 mi) long. Siegen lies at a median elevation of 290 m (951 ft) above sea level. The city's greatest elevation is the peak of the Pfannenberg at 499 m (1,637 ft) above sea level at southern city limits. Siegen's lowest point is 215 m (705 ft) above sea level at Niederschelden at southwestern city limits, which there also forms the state boundary with Rhineland-Palatinate. Roughly 60% of the city's land is wooded, making Siegen one of Germany's greenest cities.
  The city area is divided into six zones, called Bezirke in German and comparable to boroughs in some cities, which themselves are further divided into various communities (Ortsteile and Stadtteile). Each "borough" has a borough board consisting of 15 voting and 15 non-voting members who are appointed by city council with regard to each party's share of the vote in the municipal elections in the borough in question. The borough boards decide on matters particular to their respective boroughs. These matters are laid down in Siegen's city charter.
caption: Divisions within the city.
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