What is Siegen-Wittgenstein?
{{Infobox German district |name = Siegen-Wittgenstein |image_coa = DEU Kreis Siegen-Wittgenstein COA.svg |state = North Rhine-Westphalia |capital = [[Siegen]] |regierungsbezirk = [[Arnsberg Government Region|Arnsberg]] |Kreisschlüssel = 05970 |area = 1,131.47 |population = 295,787 |population_as_of = 2001 |density = 261 |carsign = SI |url = [http://www.siegen-wittgenstein.de siegen-wittgenstein.de] |map = North rhine w sw grey.png |coordinates = {{Coord|50.92|8.17|display=title|format=dms}} }} '''Siegen-Wittgenstein''' is a landkreis (rural district or [[county]]) in the southeast of [[North Rhine-Westphalia]], [[Germany]]. ==History== In [[1816]] – [[1817|17]] the two districts of Siegen and Wittgenstein were made as parts of the [[Prussia]]n province of Westphalia. In [[1974]] the two districts were merged, and in [[1984]] the district changed its name to Siegen-Wittgenstein. == Coat of arms == [[Image:DEU_Kreis_Siegen-Wittgenstein_COA.svg|thumb|left]] On the [[coat of arms]], the two upper sections show, to the right, the arms of the Dukes of [[Nassau (duchy)|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 pictured, to remember the mining and charcoal-burning history of the district. ==Towns and municipalities== {| !align=left width=50%|Towns !align=left width=50%|Municipalities |- valign=top || # [[Bad Berleburg]] # [[Bad Laasphe]] # [[Freudenberg, Westphalia|Freudenberg]] # [[Hilchenbach]] # [[Kreuztal]] # [[Netphen]] # [[Siegen]] || # [[Burbach, North Rhine-Westphalia|Burbach]] # [[Erndtebrück]] # [[Neunkirchen (Siegerland)]] # [[Wilnsdorf]] |} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.siegen-wittgenstein.de Official webpage] {{in lang|de}} * [http://www.riedesel.org/wittpage.html History and genealogy for Wittgenstein] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080222133500/http://www.riedesel.org/wittpage.html |date=2008-02-22 }} {{north rhine-westphalia}} {{authority