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Siegen-Mitte: Bringing the university into the city

Until now, the main campus of the University of Siegen has perched on a 500-metre hill in the district of Weidenau; some refer to it as ‘education hill’, others call it the ‘ivory… MORE

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KrönchenCenter: The story behind the Siegen structure with the four famed gables

Typifying the Oberstadt, these heritage-protected structures – which only just survived two World Wars – form part of a sandstone facade artfully fashioned in the reform style… MORE

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The Oberstadt or Unterstadt – which is the city centre?

Two hearts beat in the breast of Siegen: the historic heart of the Oberstadt on the Siegberg, and the more youthful shopping and commercial heart of the Unterstadt in the Siegtal… MORE

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City, country, river …

… three words that sum up the charms of Siegen. In a city surrounded by countryside with a river running through it, flowering riverbanks in the heart of town exude a very special… MORE

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Green light for the Herrengarten!

How did Siegen’s Herrengarten get its name? Given the almost total absence of any sign of a garden, many people have surely asked themselves that very question over the years. What… MORE

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