Siegerland - Siegerland

The Siegerland lies around the eponymous city Wins, in the extreme south of Westphalia.

In the north it borders on that Sauerland, in the west ans Bergische Land, in the northeast to that Wittgensteiner Land and in the south to the Westerwald.

location

Siegerland

places

• Burbach (Siegerland)
• Freudenberg (Siegerland)
• Hilchenbach
• Kreuztal
• Netphen
• Neunkirchen (Siegerland)
• Wins
• Wilnsdorf

The following places belong historically and culturally to the Siegerland, but are already in the state Rhineland-Palatinate, in the region Westerwald.

• Betzdorf
• Daaden
• Churches
• Herdorf

Other goals

background

language

getting there

By plane

• The Siegerland Airport at Burbach (Siegerland) is a small airfield with no scheduled flights. Among other things, charter flights for up to 70 people and cargo flights are offered. The airfield is also approved for night flights.
• The next major airports are in Frankfurt am Main and Cologne.

By train

• RE 9 Aachen - Düren - Cologne - Troisdorf - Siegburg / Bonn - Herchen - Au (Sieg) - Betzdorf - Siegen
• S 12 Düren - Horrem - Cologne - Troisdorf - Siegburg / Bonn - Herchen - Au (Sieg)
• RB 90 Limburg - Diez Ost - Westerburg - Hachenburg - Altenkirchen - Au (victory) - knowledge - Betzdorf - victories
• RB 93Betzdorf - Churches - Siegen - Kreuztal - Erndtebrück - Bad Berleburg
• RB 96Betzdorf - Herdorf - Neunkirchen - Haiger - Dillenburg
• RB 97Betzdorf - Schutzbach - Biersdorf - Daaden

The operators of the railway lines are:

• DB Regio (RE9, S12)
• Dreiländerbahn (RB90, RB93, RB96)
• Westerwaldbahn (RB97)

In the street

Via the autobahn from the direction of Cologne, via the motorway north from the Ruhr area and south of Frankfurt.

mobility

There is an expressway, the Hüttentalstraße (HTS), which leads from the "Olpe-Süd" interchange to "Mudersbach-Niederschelderhütte".

Bus routes lead through the entire Siegerland.

Hellertalbahn Betzdorf / Sieg - Herdorf - Neunkirchen - Burbach - Haiger - Dillenburg

Daadetalbahn Daaden - Biersdorf - Niederdreisbach - Schutzbach - Alsdorf - Betzdorf

Rothaarbahn Siegen - Kreuztal - Hilchenbach - Erndtebrück - Bad Berleburg

Tourist Attractions

• "The Old Patch" half-timbered ensemble in Freudenberg
• "Hohenseelbachskopf" near Herdorf (basalt dome)
• Ginsburg with outer bailey and hammer mill near Hilchenbach
• Wilhelmsburg Hilchenbach
• "Druid stone" near churches
• Freusburg near churches
• Junkernhees Castle in the district of the same name in Kreuztal
• Kindelsberg tower near Kreuztal
• Hainchen moated castle in the eponymous district of Netphen
• Obernautalsperre near Netphen / Brauersdorf
• Malscheid near Neunkirchen (basalt dome)
• "Wodanstollen" visitor mine in Neunkirchen
• Pfannenberg tower near Neunkirchen / Salchendorf
• Lower castle with royal crypt in Siegen
• Reinhold Forster Erbstollen in Siegen / Eiserfeld
• Nikolaikirche in Siegen
• Double-nave church in Obersdorf-Rödgen / Wilnsdorf
• Hermitage pilgrimage site between Siegen and Wilnsdorf
• Pilgrimage church and former Franciscan monastery in Marienthal

activities

hike

There are 3500 km of marked hiking trails in the Siegerland.

• Rothaargebirge Nature Park
• Rothaarsteig
• Searching for traces in Eisenland Informative site about mining in the region

bicycle

• SiegtalPur car-free cycling
• Bike tours in the Siegerland

Sport in general

• Siegerland sports park in Netphen - ice skating stadium, tennis, squash and badminton facilities, mini golf, indoor and outdoor pools

Culture

• Pure Culture every year at Pentecost on the Giller.

kitchen

• Riewekooche - potato pancakes, a bread made from grated raw potatoes. It is often eaten with butter and salt. But it doesn't have much in common with the popular potato fritters / potato pancakes.
• Siegerland crusts - Schnitzel on a slice of rye bread with at least 1 fried egg
• Schanzenbrot - Sourdough bread made from rye flour. Only real, if it is also baked in the "Backes" (bakery) with "Schanzen" (bundled birch, oak or hazelnut branches).
• Krebelcher ("Krüppelchen") - Quark pastries, fried in hot fat
• Shit - cooked beef tripe in sauce
• beer - Krombacher, Erzquell, Eichener, Irle, Ilsenbräu

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  Riewekooche

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  Crumbs

nightlife

The nightlife takes place mainly in Siegen. If you are traveling by bus or train, you should inquire early enough when the "last one" is going back! There are some at the weekend Night buses on the main routes.

security

There are no particular security risks in the region.

climate

The weather in Siegerland is mainly determined by southwest to northwest winds, maritime winds, often heavy cloud cover and its altitude. This results in high amounts of rain and low average temperatures (approx. 8 ° Celsius).

trips

• Panorama park at Kirchhundem amusement park
• Fort fun at Bestwig waterfall amusement park
• Biggesee at Olpe Hiking, swimming, sailing
• Atta cave at Attendorn Stalactite cave
• Krottorf Castle at Morsbach
• Winterberg Hiking and skiing region
• Kubach crystal cave at Weilburg
• Uckersdorf Bird Park at Herborn
• Greifenstein Castle in Greifenstein Bell Museum
• Basalt and wildlife park in Bad Marienberg

literature

Web links

• http://www.siegerland-online.com/
• http://www.siegen-info.de/
• http://www.siwikultur.de/ (Cultural offers in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district)