Siegen-Wittgenstein

The district of Siegen-Wittgenstein , in German Kreis Siegen-Wittgenstein , is a administrative division German, located in the Land Rhineland-of-North-Westphalia.

Geographical location

The district of Siegen-Wittgenstein ( Kreis Siegen-Wittgenstein ) is located at the south of the Westphalia and thus at the south of the Land of Rhineland-of-North-Westphalia. It has limits with the districts of Olpe and the Haut-Sauerland like with the districts hessois of Waldeck-Frankenberg, Marburg-Biedenkopf and Lahn-Dill and the districts rhénano-palatiens of the Westerwald and Altenkirchen.

History

The district was created on January 1st, 1975 by law of November 5th, 1974 by amalgamating the old districts of Siegen and Wittgenstein under the name of Siegen. January 1st, 1984, the Council Decision to re-elect it district of Siegen-Wittgenstein took effect.

Communes

The district counts 11 communes including 7 cities:

Bad Berleburg, city (20 699 inh.)
Bad Laasphe, city (15 137 inh.)
Burbach (14 901 inh.)
Erndtebrück (7 599 inh.)
Freudenberg, city (18 524 inh.)
Hilchenbach, city (16 392 inh.)
Kreuztal, city (31 970 inh.)
Netphen, city (24 773 inh.)
Neunkirchen (14 133 inh.)
Siegen (Westphalia), city (106 544 inh.)
Wilnsdorf (21 417 inh. )

Policy

Elections of the prefect ( Landrat )

Elections of the council ( Kreistag )

Jurisdiction

ordinary Jurisdiction

Court of Appeal ( Oberlandesgericht ) of Hamm

regional Court ( Landgericht ) of Siegen

cantonal Court ( Amtsgericht ) of Bad Berleburg: Bad Berleburg, Bad Laasphe, Erndtebrück
cantonal Court of Siegen: Burbach, Freudenberg, Hilchenbach, Kreuztal, Netphen, Neunkirchen, Siegen, Wilnsdorf

Jurisdiction special

higher Court of the work ( Landesarbeitsgericht ) of Hamm

Court of the work ( Arbeitsgericht ) of Siegen

Administrative court ( Verwaltungsgericht ) of Arnsberg
Court of the social security cases ( Sozialgericht ) of Dortmund

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