Siegburg

Infobox German Location
Art = Stadt
Name = Siegburg
Wappen = Wappen Siegburg.pnglat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 48 |lat_sec = 5
lon_deg = 7 |lon_min = 12 |lon_sec = 16
Lageplan = Rsk siegburg.pngBundesland = Nordrhein-Westfalen
Regierungsbezirk = Köln
Kreis = Rhein-Sieg-Kreis
Höhe = 60
Fläche = 23.47
Einwohner = 39192
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 53721
Vorwahl = 02241
Kfz = SU
Gemeindeschlüssel = 05 3 82 060
Gliederung = 8
Straße = Nogenter Platz 10
Website = [http://www.siegburg.de/ www.siegburg.de]
Bürgermeister = Franz Huhn
Partei = CDU

Siegburg (i.e. "fort on the Sieg river") is a city in the district of Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the banks of the rivers Sieg and Agger, 10 kilometres away from the former capital Bonn and 26 kilometres away from Cologne.

History

Archbishop Anno II of Cologne founded a Benedictine monastery in 1064, known as Michaelsberg Abbey, on top of the hill also called the Michaelsberg. A settlement that arose from that was first mentioned as a city in 1182. Siegburg reached the height of its prosperity in the 15th and 16th century. It is famous for its pottery, especially for the Siegburg pitchers ("Siegburger Krüge").

Since 1816 Siegburg is the county seat of the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis.

Siegburg's synagogue was destroyed on Kristallnacht, signaling the demise of its Jewish community.

Twin cities

*flagicon|FRA Nogent-sur-Marne, France
*flagicon|POR Guarda, Portugal
*flagicon|POL Bolesławiec, Poland
*flagicon|TUR Selçuk, Turkey
*flagicon|GRE Orestiada, Greece
*flagicon|JPN Yuzawa, Japan

Famous Denizens

*Engelbert Humperdinck (* born September 1, 1854 – September 27, 1921) German composer Hänsel und Gretel
*Wolfgang Overath (* born September 29, 1943) former Germany national football team player, won the 1974 FIFA World Cup