Siegburg

Siegburg
Aerial view
Coat of arms
Siegburg Location of Siegburg within Rhein-Sieg-Kreis district
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
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Köln
District	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis
Government
• Mayor	Franz Huhn (CDU)
Area
• Total	23.47 km2 (9.06 sq mi)
Elevation	60 m (200 ft)
Population (2016-12-31)[1]
• Total	41,034
• Density	1,700/km2 (4,500/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	53721
Dialling codes	02241
Vehicle registration	SU
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 from the former seat of West German government Bonn and 26 kilometres from Cologne. The population of the city was 39,192 in the 2013 census.

History

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

Archbishop-Elector 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).

Siegburg has been the county seat of the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis since 1816.

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

Transport

Siegburg/Bonn station is a railway station on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed railway and the Sieg Railway. The name of the station derives from it having been rebuilt for the high-speed line in order to serve Bonn. It is connected to Bonn by the Siegburg line of the Bonn Stadtbahn every 10 or 15 minutes. The station is located in the network area of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg (Rhine-Sieg Transport Association, VRS) public transit authority.

International relations

Notable residents

• Engelbert Humperdinck (1854–1921), German composer, of Hänsel und Gretel
• Joseph Mohr (1834–1892), author of the hymn "Ein Haus voll Glorie schauet"
• Wolfgang Overath (born 1943), former Germany national football team player and a member of the team which won the 1974 FIFA World Cup
• Catharina Felser (born 1982), racing-car driver

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Siegburg.

• Siegburg travel guide from Wikivoyage