Siegen-Wittgenstein

Siegen-Wittgenstein is a rural district in southeastern North Rhine-Westphalia with rolling hills and two distinct geographic regions. The area comprises eleven municipalities that together form a settled landscape of fields, forests, and small towns.

The district formed in 1974 when two separate administrative areas merged, both established by Prussia in the early 1800s. This joining brought together regions that for centuries had existed as separate lands under different noble families.

The local symbols reflect connections to the former principalities and centuries of metalworking, which continues to shape how people here understand their regional identity.

Siegen serves as the administrative center with good transport connections to larger cities in the region. The eleven municipalities offer visitors and residents access to shops, services, and local amenities across the area.

Beneath the rolling hills lie remnants of old copper and iron mines that workers dug for hundreds of years. These underground shafts and abandoned tunnels reveal a mining past that shaped the lives of people in this region.

Location: Arnsberg Government Region

Inception: 1975

Capital city: Siegen

Elevation above the sea: 616 m

Shares border with: Kreis Olpe, Hochsauerlandkreis, Waldeck-Frankenberg, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Westerwaldkreis, Altenkirchen district

Website: https://siegen-wittgenstein.de

GPS coordinates: 50.92000,8.17000

Latest update: December 14, 2025 19:10