Siegburg

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Siegburg, Germany
Coat of arms of Siegburg, Germany
Siegburg, Germany is located in Germany
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Siegburg, Germany
Coordinates 50°48′5″N 7°12′16″E / 50.80139°N 7.20444°E / 50.80139; 7.20444Coordinates: 50°48′5″N 7°12′16″E / 50.80139°N 7.20444°E / 50.80139; 7.20444
Administration
Country Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region Cologne
District Rhein-Sieg-Kreis
Town subdivisions 8
Mayor Franz Huhn (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area 23.47 km2 (9.06 sq mi)
Elevation 60 m  (197 ft)
Population 39,746 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 1,693 /km2 (4,386 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate SU
Postal code 53721
Area code 02241
Website www.siegburg.de

Siegburg (i.e. fort on the Sieg river) is a city in the district of Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the banks of the rivers Sieg and Agger, 10 kilometres away from the former capital Bonn and 26 kilometres away from Cologne.

St. Servatius and the Haus zum Winter (1220 AD).

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[edit] History

Archbishop Anno II of Cologne founded a Benedictine monastery in 1064, known as Michaelsberg Abbey, on top of the hill also called the Michaelsberg. A settlement that arose from that was first mentioned as a city in 1182. Siegburg reached the height of its prosperity in the 15th and 16th century. It is famous for its pottery, especially for the Siegburg pitchers (Siegburger Krüge).

Since 1816 Siegburg is the county seat of the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis.

in 1919 British Troops desecrated a monument to the German War dead.

Siegburg's synagogue was destroyed on Kristallnacht, signaling the demise of its Jewish community.

[edit] Twin cities

[edit] Famous Denizens

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