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Encyclopedia > Siegen
Siegen
Coat of arms of Siegen Location of Siegen in Germany
 
Federal state North Rhine-Westphalia
Administrative region Arnsberg
District Siegen-Wittgenstein
Population 106,544 source (2005)
Area 114.67 km²
Population density 929/km²
Elevation 290 m
Coordinates 50°52′ N 8°1′ E
Postal code 57001–57080
Area code 0271
Licence plate code SI
Mayor Ulf Stötzel (CDU)
Website siegen.de

Siegen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the capital of the district Siegen-Wittgenstein and place of a university. As of December 31, 2003 it has a population of 106,143. Image File history File links Sin_escudo. ... Image File history File links Lage_der_Stadt_Siegen_in_Deutschland. ... Germany is a federal republic made up of 16 states, known in German as Länder (singular Land). ... North Rhine-Westphalia (German: Nordrhein-Westfalen, short: NRW) is the largest in population (though only fourth in area) among Germanys 16 federal states. ... A Regierungsbezirk is an administrative region of Germany, a subdivision of certain federal states (Bundesländer). ... Arnsberg is one of the five Regierungsbezirke of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, located in the south_east of the country. ... There are 439 German districts, administrative units in Germany. ... Siegen-Wittgenstein is a Kreis (district) in the south-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... See Cartesian coordinate system or Coordinates (elementary mathematics) for a more elementary introduction to this topic. ... German Postleitzahl map of the first two digits Postal codes in Germany, known as Postleitzahl (pl. ... Area codes in Germany (German Vorwahl) have from two to five digits, not counting the leading zero. ... German car number plates show the place where the car carrying them is registered. ... A mayor (from the Latin maīor, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ... This article needs cleanup. ... The front page of the English Wikipedia Website. ... North Rhine-Westphalia (German: Nordrhein-Westfalen, short: NRW) is the largest in population (though only fourth in area) among Germanys 16 federal states. ... Siegen-Wittgenstein is a Kreis (district) in the south-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ... December 2003: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - → Events December 31, 2003 In Taiwan, President Chen Shui-bian signs a law that allows referendums to be held. ...


From 1606 to 1743 Siegen was the capital of the County of Nassau. The Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens was born in Siegen in 1577. Events January 27 - The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins ending in their execution on January 31 May 17 - Supporters of Vasili Shusky invade the Kremlin and kill Premier Dmitri December 26 - Shakespeares King Lear performed in court Storm buries a village of St Ismails near... // Events February 14 - Henry Pelham becomes British Prime Minister February 21 - - The premiere in London of George Frideric Handels oratorio, Samson. ... For other uses, see Nassau (disambiguation). ... This article is about the Belgian region Flanders and the eponymous historical region of the Low Countries. ... The Adoration of the Magii, painted 1624. ... Events March 17 - formation of the Cathay Company to send Martin Frobisher back to the New World for more gold May 28 - Publication of the Bergen Book, better known as the Solid Declaration of the Formula of Concord, one of the Lutheran confessional writings. ...


During World War II, Siegen was bombed multiple times by the Allies due to a crucial railroad that crossed through the town.


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Siegen - LoveToKnow 1911 (176 words)
SIEGEN, a town of Germany, in the Prussian province of Westphalia, situated 63 m.
Siegen was the capital of an early principality belonging to the house of Nassau; and from 1606 onwards it gave name to the junior branch of Nassau-Siegen.
Napoleon incorporated Siegen in the grand-duchy of Berg in 1806; and in 1815 the congress of Vienna assigned it to Prussia, under whose rule it has nearly quintupled its population.
Evangelischer Kirchenkreis Siegen (634 words)
Geht es nach der Martinikirchengemeinde Siegen, wird ein solches Haus künftig von der Kirchengemeinde in der Siegener Innenstadt betrieben.
Doch bevor die Missionarin zu Wort kam, zogen sieben Frauen aus dem Kirchenkreis Kibaha in Tansania singend in die Kirche ein und erzählten aus ihrem Alltag.
Es war ein buntes Treiben beim ersten Afrikatag auf der Fissmer-Anlage in der Siegener Oberstadt.
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