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Siegen-Wittgenstein — District — 
Country 
GermanyState North Rhine-Westphalia Adm. region Arnsberg Capital Siegen Area – Total 1,131.47 km2 (436.9 sq mi) Population (31 December 2010)[1] – Total 282,681 – Density 249.8/km2 (647.1/sq mi) Time zone CET (UTC+1) – Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2) Vehicle registration SI Website siegen-wittgenstein.de County of Wittgenstein
Grafschaft WittgensteinState of the Holy Roman Empire 1174–1357 
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Coat of arms of the Counts of Wittgenstein
Capital Wittgenstein Castle Government Principality Historical era Middle Ages - Established 1174 - Merged with
Sayn-Sponheim
1357 1357Siegen-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, Altenkirchen.
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History
In 1816–17 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.
Geography
Geographically it covers the hills southeast of the Sauerland hills, the Siegerland and Wittgensteiner Land.
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 depicted, in reference to the mining and charcoal-burning history of the district.
Towns and municipalities
Towns Municipalities References
- ^ "Amtliche Bevölkerungszahlen" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. 31 December 2010. http://www.it.nrw.de/statistik/a/daten/amtlichebevoelkerungszahlen/index.html.
External links
Media related to Kreis Siegen-Wittgenstein at Wikimedia Commons
Urban and rural districts in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany 
Urban districts Bielefeld · Bochum · Bonn · Bottrop · Dortmund · Duisburg · Düsseldorf · Essen · Gelsenkirchen · Hagen · Hamm · Herne · Köln (Cologne) · Krefeld · Leverkusen · Mönchengladbach · Mülheim · Münster · Oberhausen · Remscheid · Solingen · Wuppertal
Rural districts Aachen · Borken · Coesfeld · Düren · Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis · Euskirchen · Gütersloh · Heinsberg · Herford · Hochsauerlandkreis · Höxter · Kleve (Cleves) · Lippe · Märkischer Kreis · Mettmann · Minden-Lübbecke · Oberbergischer Kreis · Olpe · Paderborn · Recklinghausen · Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis · Rhein-Erft-Kreis · Rhein-Kreis Neuss · Rhein-Sieg-Kreis · Siegen-Wittgenstein · Soest · Steinfurt · Unna · Viersen · Warendorf · WeselCategories:- Districts of North Rhine-Westphalia
- Former principalities
- Former countries in Europe
- States of the Holy Roman Empire
- States and territories established in 1174
- States and territories disestablished in 1357
- 1357 disestablishments
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