District in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Siegen-Wittgenstein
District
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Adm. region	Arnsberg
Capital	Siegen
Area
• Total	1,131.47 km2 (436.86 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2021)[1]
• Total	274,342
• Density	240/km2 (630/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	BLB, SI
Website	siegen-wittgenstein.de

County of Wittgenstein Grafschaft Wittgenstein
1174–1357
Coat of arms of the Counts of Wittgenstein
Status	Grafschaft (County) (State of the Holy Roman Empire)
Capital	Wittgenstein Castle
Government	County
Historical era	Middle Ages
• Established	1174
• Merged with Sayn-Sponheim	1357
Succeeded by Sayn-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.

History

In 1816–1817, 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