The Sieg is a

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of w ...

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inha ...

and

Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...

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. It is a right tributary of the

Rhine ), Surselva, Graubünden, Switzerland , source1_coordinates= , source1_elevation = , source2 = Rein Posteriur/Hinterrhein , source2_location = Paradies Glacier, Graubünden, Switzerland , source2_coordinates= , so ...

. The river is named after the

Sicambri The Sicambri, also known as the Sugambri or Sicambrians, were a Germanic people who during Roman times lived on the east bank of the river Rhine, in what is now Germany, near the border with the Netherlands. They were first reported by Julius C ...

. It is in length. The source is located in the Rothaargebirge mountains. From here the river runs southwestwards to the city of

Siegen Siegen () is a city in Germany, in the south Westphalian part of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located in the district of Siegen-Wittgenstein in the Arnsberg region. The university town (nearly 20,000 students in the 2018–2019 winter semest ...

and the hills of Siegerland, both named after the river. Further west the Sieg valley forms the boundary of the

Bergisches Land The Bergisches Land (, ''Berg Country'') is a low mountain range region within the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, east of Rhine river, south of the Ruhr. The landscape is shaped by woods, meadows, rivers and creeks and contains ...

(northern) and

Westerwald The Westerwald (; literally 'Western forest') is a low mountain range on the right bank of the river Rhine in the German federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia. It is a part of the Rhenish Massif ( or Rhenish ...

(southern). The river finally runs through a protected area east of the city of

Bonn The federal city of Bonn ( lat, Bonna) is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a population of over 300,000. About south-southeast of Cologne, Bonn is in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ru ...

. After passing the cities of

Hennef Hennef (Sieg) () is a town in the Rhein-Sieg district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the river Sieg, approx. south-east of Siegburg and east of Bonn. Hennef is the fourth-biggest town in the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis (i.e. distr ...

and

Siegburg Siegburg (i.e. '' fort on the Sieg river''; Ripuarian: ''Sieburch'') is a city in the district of Rhein-Sieg-Kreis in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the banks of the rivers Sieg and Agger, 10 kilometres from the former seat ...

, the river flows into the Rhine at the ''Naturschutzgebiet Siegaue'', a protected area immediately to the northeast of the city of Bonn, near Niederkassel/.

Sieg Spring

The Sieg Spring (german: Siegquelle), the source of the Sieg, is at an elevation of , near the village of , North Rhine-Westphalia. The location was restored in 2013.

Tributaries

The main tributaries of the Sieg are, from source to mouth: *

Ferndorfbach Ferndorfbach (vulgarly known as ''the Ferndorf'') is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It flows through Kreuztal and joins the Sieg in Siegen Siegen () is a city in Germany, in the south Westphalian part of North Rhine-Westphalia. ...

(right) * Weiß (left) *

Asdorf Asdorf (also: Asdorfer Bach, in its upper course: Weibe) is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second ...

(right) * Heller (left) *

Wisser Bach Wisser Bach is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It flows into the Sieg The Sieg is a river in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Rhine. The river ...

(right) *

Nister Nister is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography The community lies north of Hachenburg on the river Große Nister. Nister belongs to the ...

(left) * Bröl (right) *

Wahnbach Wahnbach is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It flows into the Sieg near Hennef Hennef (Sieg) () is a town in the Rhein-Sieg district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the river Sieg, approx. south-east of Si ...

(right) *

Pleisbach Pleisbach (in its upper course also: ''Logebach'') is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is a left tributary of river Sieg near Siegburg Siegburg (i.e. '' fort on the Sieg river''; Ripuarian: ''Sieburch'') is a city in the distri ...

(left) * Agger (right)

References

Rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia Rivers of Rhineland-Palatinate Rivers of Siegerland Rivers of the Westerwald Rivers of Germany {{RhinelandPalatinate-river-stub

Sieg Spring

Tributaries

See also

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