Siegen-Wittgenstein

Siegen-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, and Altenkirchen.

In 1816–1817, the two districts of Siegen and Wittgenstein were created as parts of the Prussian province of Westphalia.

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.

North Rhine-Westphalia Rhineland-Palatinate Hesse Burbach Hochsauerlandkreis Olpe (district) Bad Berleburg Siegen Netphen Kreuztal Bad Laasphe Wilnsdorf Hilchenbach Neunkirchen Freudenberg Erndtebrück
Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district