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Siegen-Wittgenstein is a Kreis (district) in the south-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Olpe, Hochsauerland, Waldeck-Frankenberg, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Lahn-Dill, Westerwaldkreis, Altenkirchen.

table 17 the two districts of Siegen and Wittgenstein were created as parts of the Prussian province Westphalia. In 1974 the two districts were merged, and in 1984 the name Siegen-Wittgenstein was adopted.

Geography

Geographically it covers the hills south-east of the Sauerland hills, the Siegerland.

The lion in the right is the sign of the dukes of Nassau, who founded Siegen. In the bottom a miner's lamp and a "Knipp" used for cutting branches to make charcoal are depicted, to remember the mining and "Hauberg" history in the district. The black bars are emblems of the Counts of Sayn-Wittgenstein.

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