Siegen-Wittgenstein

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
TownsMunicipalities Bad Berleburg
 Bad Laasphe
 Freudenberg
 Hilchenbach
 Kreuztal
 Netphen
 Siegen Burbach
 Erndtebrück
 Neunkirchen (Siegerland)
 Wilnsdorf

References

Other websites
 Official webpage 
 History and genealogy for Wittgenstein 


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