Kirchen (Sieg)

Kirchen (Sieg) is a town and Luftkurort (climatic spa) in the district of Altenkirchen in the north of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

In early 1942, Kirchen and Wehbach were forcibly united with the Nazi government and renamed Kirchen-Wehbach (Sieg).

Despite protests from the people of Wehbach, this merger and renaming persisted even after the end of the war for two and a half decades, until additional former municipalities were annexed.

On 7 June 1969, the municipalities of Freusburg, Herkersdorf, Offhausen, Wingendorf, and Katzenbach, with the exception of the Unterbüdenholz district, which was incorporated into Brachbach, were amalgamated.

Kirchen (Sieg) was granted town rights on 6 November 2004.

Friesenhagen Harbach Niederfischbach Mudersbach Brachbach Kirchen Herdorf Daaden Emmerzhausen Mauden Derschen Nisterberg Friedewald Weitefeld Niederdreisbach Schutzbach Grünebach Alsdorf Betzdorf Scheuerfeld Wallmenroth Willroth Krunkel Horhausen Pleckhausen Güllesheim Obersteinebach Niedersteinebach Bürdenbach Eulenberg Peterslahr Rott Burglahr Oberlahr Eichen Seifen Seelbach Flammersfeld Kescheid Reiferscheid Berzhausen Neitersen Walterschen Schürdt Orfgen Ziegenhain Giershausen Katzwinkel Birken-Honigsessen Wissen Hövels Mittelhof Nauroth Elkenroth Rosenheim Kausen Dickendorf Malberg Steinebach/Sieg Fensdorf Gebhardshain Elben Steineroth Molzhain Selbach Forst Bitzen Etzbach Roth Bruchertseifen Fürthen Hamm (Sieg) Seelbach bei Hamm Breitscheidt Pracht Birkenbeul Niederirsen Kircheib Hirz-Maulsbach Fiersbach Mehren Rettersen Ersfeld Hasselbach Forstmehren Kraam Werkhausen Oberirsen Weyerbusch Hemmelzen Neitersen Birnbach Ölsen Schöneberg Stürzelbach Fluterschen Oberwambach Berod bei Hachenburg Gieleroth Almersbach Altenkirchen Michelbach Ingelbach Sörth Mammelzen Eichelhardt Idelberg Isert Helmeroth Racksen Volkerzen Hilgenroth Obererbach Bachenberg Busenhausen Heupelzen Wölmersen Kettenhausen Helmenzen North Rhine-Westphalia Neuwied (district) Westerwaldkreis Neuwied (district)
Church in Kirchen {Sieg}
Wehbach, reformed church at the Gilsbachstrasse
View from the Otto Tower
Coat of arms
Coat of arms