Siegen

Geschichte

Siegen is a city in Germany, in the south Westphalian part of North Rhine-Westphalia.It is located in the district of Siegen-Wittgenstein in the Arnsberg region. The university town (18.600 students in the 2013–2014 winter semester) is the district seat, and is ranked as a "higher centre" in the South Westphalian urban agglomeration.In 1975, in the process of municipal reforms and amalgamations, Siegen's population exceeded the 100,000 mark.GeographyLocationThe city of Siegen lies in the basin of the upper reaches of the river Sieg. From there, lateral valleys branch off in many directions. The heights of the surrounding mountains, wherever they are not actually settled, are covered in coppice. To the north lies the Sauerland, to the northwest the Rothaargebirge and to the southwest the Westerwald.The nearest cities to Siegen, taking into account average travelling distances, are Hagen to the north (83 km), Frankfurt am Main to the southeast (125 km), Koblenz to the southwest (105 km) and Cologne to the west (93 km).As the crow flies the distances to these places are, however, 65km (Hagen), 95km (Frankfurt), 65km (Koblenz) and 75km (Cologne).