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{{Infobox District DE
|name             = Siegen-Wittgenstein
|state            = North Rhine-Westphalia
|image_flag       = Flagge Kreis Siegen-Wittgenstein.svg
|image_coa        = Coats of arms from the Kreis Siegen-Wittgenstein.svg
|capital          = [[Siegen]]
|regierungsbezirk = [[Arnsberg (region)|Arnsberg]]
|area             = 1,131.47
|Kreisschlüssel    = 05970
| district_admin    = Andreas Müller 
| admin_party       = SPD
|carsign          = BLB, SI
|url              = [http://www.siegen-wittgenstein.de siegen-wittgenstein.de]
|map              ={{Germany district OSM map |parent_subdivision = Q1198}}
}}
'''Siegen-Wittgenstein''' is a Kreis (district) in the southeast of [[North Rhine-Westphalia]], [[Germany]]. Neighboring districts are [[Olpe (district)|Olpe]], [[Hochsauerland]]kreis, [[Waldeck-Frankenberg]], [[Marburg-Biedenkopf]], [[Lahn-Dill]], [[Westerwaldkreis]], and [[Altenkirchen (district)|Altenkirchen]].

==History==
In 1816–1817, the two districts of Siegen and Wittgenstein were created as parts of the [[Prussia]]n 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 [[Wittgenstein (disambiguation)|Wittgensteiner Land]].

==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 depicted, in reference to the mining and charcoal-burning history of the district.

==Towns and municipalities==
{{Imagemap Germany district SI|Municipalities in SI.svg|300px{{!}}thumb{{!}}left{{!}}Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district}}

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;Towns
#[[Bad Berleburg]]
#[[Bad Laasphe]]
#[[Freudenberg, Westphalia|Freudenberg]]
#[[Hilchenbach]]
#[[Kreuztal]]
#[[Netphen]]
#[[Siegen]]
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;Municipalities
#[[Burbach, North Rhine-Westphalia|Burbach]]
#[[Erndtebrück]]
#[[Neunkirchen (Siegerland)]]
#[[Wilnsdorf]]
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{commons category-inline|Kreis Siegen-Wittgenstein}}
*[http://www.siegen-wittgenstein.de Official webpage] {{in lang|de}}
*[https://www.riedesel.org/articles/introduction-to-wittgenstein/ History and genealogy for Wittgenstein]
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[[Category:Siegen-Wittgenstein| ]]
[[Category:1357 disestablishments in Europe]]
[[Category:States and territories established in 1174]]
[[Category:Districts of North Rhine-Westphalia]]
[[Category:Arnsberg (region)]]
[[Category:Siegerland]]
[[Category:Counties of the Holy Roman Empire]]


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