Siegen: Rubens's Birthplace, Siegerland Iron, and the City Where Two Rivers Meet in a Valley
Siegen has a population around 107,000 and sits in the hilly Siegerland region of southern Nordrhein-Westfalen, where the Sieg and Weiss rivers meet. Peter Paul Rubens was born here in 1577 during his family's exile from Antwerp; the Oberes Schloss houses a Rubens collection including his earliest known painting. The Siegerland has been an iron ore mining and smelting region since Celtic times; the Reinhold Forster Erbstolln is one of the oldest surviving mines in Europe.
The Universitaet Siegen has around 18,000 students. The city is built on steep hillsides, giving it an unusual vertical topography for a German city of this size. The Nikolaikirche's hexagonal Kroenchen (small crown) atop its tower is the city's symbol. Siegen is equidistant from Cologne, Frankfurt, and Dortmund, roughly 100 kilometres from each, making it one of the most geographically isolated mid-sized cities in western Germany. The Apollo-Theater is one of the few surviving Art Deco theatres in NRW. Adult companionship follows NRW's regulatory approach in a city whose relative isolation creates a self-contained local market.
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Siegen has a population around 107,000 and sits in the hilly Siegerland region of southern Nordrhein-Westfalen, where the Sieg and Weiss rivers meet. Peter Paul Rubens was born here in 1577 during his family's exile from Antwerp; the Oberes Schloss houses a Rubens collection including his earliest known painting. The Siegerland has been an iron ore mining and smelting region since Celtic times; the Reinhold Forster Erbstolln is one of the oldest surviving mines in Europe.
The Universitaet Siegen has around 18,000 students. The city is built on steep hillsides, giving it an unusual vertical topography for a German city of this size. The Nikolaikirche's hexagonal Kroenchen (small crown) atop its tower is the city's symbol. Siegen is equidistant from Cologne, Frankfurt, and Dortmund, roughly 100 kilometres from each, making it one of the most geographically isolated mid-sized cities in western Germany. The Apollo-Theater is one of the few surviving Art Deco theatres in NRW. Adult companionship follows NRW's regulatory approach in a city whose relative isolation creates a self-contained local market.
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