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North Rhine-Westphalia German: Nordrhein-Westfalen, usually shortened to NRW, is the westernmost and - in terms of population and economic output - the largest Federal State of Germany. North Rhine-Westphalia has over 18 million inhabitants, contributes about 22% of Germany's gross domestic product and comprises a land area of 34,083 km². North Rhine-Westphalia is situated in the Western part of Germany and shares borders with Belgium and the Netherlands. It has borders with the German states of Lower Saxony to the North and Northeast, Rhineland-Palatinate to the Southwest and Hesse to the Southeast.

The capital city is Düsseldorf. The largest city is Cologne. Other major cities are Köln, Dortmund, Essen, Duisburg, Oberhausen, Aachen, Bielefeld, Bonn, Bochum, Mülheim, Münster, Paderborn, Gelsenkirchen and Wuppertal.

Siegerland
The Siegerland is a region of Germany covering the old district of Siegen and the upper part of the district of Altenkirchen, belonging to the Rhineland-Palatinate adjoining it to the west.

Geologically, the Siegerland belongs to the Rheinisches Schiefergebirge. The point of highest elevation is the Riemen, at 678 metres above sea level.

The region around the cities of Siegen is centered in the middle of Germany. It includes the municipalities of Hilchenbach, Netphen, Kreuztal, Freudenberg and Siegen, and the communities of Wilnsdorf, Burbach and Neunkirchen, all in North Rhine-Westphalia, and in the Rhineland-Palatinate the municipalities of Kirchen, Herdorf and Betzdorf, with the community of Daaden. The population is approximately 300,000.

Iron mining and working began in Siegerland in 600 BC and continued until 1965, when the closing of Grube Georg in Willroth on March 29 ended over 2,500 years of mining. Characteristic of the area are the coppices for the production of wood for charcoal burning.



Siegen-Wittgenstein
Siegen-Wittgenstein is a district in the southeast of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Freudenberg, Westphalia
Freudenberg is a town in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

The town lies on the German-Dutch holiday road called the Oranier-Route, joining towns, cities and regions associated with the House of Orange.