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Siegburg
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Siegburg is located in Germany
Siegburg
Siegburg
Location o Siegburg athin Rhein-Sieg-Kreis destrict
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
KintraGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalie
Admin. regionKöln
DestrictRhein-Sieg-Kreis
Subdivisions8
Govrenment
 • MayorFranz Huhn (CDU)
Area
 • Total23.47 km2 (9.06 sq mi)
Elevation
60 m (200 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31)[1]
 • Total41,660
 • Density1,800/km2 (4,600/sq mi)
Time zoneCET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
53721
Diallin codes02241
Vehicle registrationSU
Websitewww.siegburg.de

Siegburg (i.e. fort on the Sieg river) is a ceety in the destrict o Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalie, Germany. It is locatit on the banks o the rivers Sieg an Agger, 10 kilometres frae the umwhile caipital Bonn an 26 kilometres frae Cologne.

History

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

Airchbishop Anno II o Cologne foondit a Benedictine monastery in 1064, kent as Michaelsberg Abbey, on top o the hill cried the Michaelsberg an aw. A settlement that arose frae that wis first mentioned as a ceety in 1182. Siegburg reached the hicht o its prosperity in the 15t an 16t century. It is famous for its pottery, especially for the Siegburg pitchers (Siegburger Krüge).

Siegburg haes been the coonty seat o the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis syne 1816.

Siegburg's synagogue wis destroyed on Kristallnacht, signalin the demise o its Jewish commonty.


Twin ceeties

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References

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  1. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2021" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 Juin 2022.