Arrondissement of Siegen

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The Arrondissement Siegen (District Siegen) was an administrative unit under Napoleon Bonaparte , who, according to a decree of November 14, 1808 , formed the Département Sieg in the Grand Duchy of Berg with the Arrondissement Dillenburg . The Siegen district included the cantons of Siegen , Netphen , Wildenburg , Waldbröl , Eitorf , Homburg and Gummersbach . On January 1, 1814, under Prussian sovereignty, a new division into districts took place. In the course of this, the successor administrative unit of the district of Siegen was formed alongside others .

literature

  • Karl Schröder : Between the French Revolution and Prussia's Gloria. The Bergisch parishes of Eitorf, Herchen and Leuscheid, Much, Ruppichroth and Winterscheid 1789–1815 . Heimatverein Eitorf 1989.