Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Siegen, Germany

The Upper Castle is located on the 307 m high Siegberg in the city of Siegen. The complex goes back to a medieval hilltop castle, which was initially jointly owned by the Archbishops of Cologne and the Counts of Nassau. Later, it passed entirely into Nassau ownership. Partially rebuilt, it served as a residence for a time. Today, the complex houses the Siegerland Museum.

Wikipedia: Oberes Schloss (Siegen) (DE)

The Siegberg is a 307 m high mountain in the center of the city of Siegen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The Siegberg is the hill of the town with the oldest documented settlement history. The oldest traces of settlement still existing there date back to the 10th century.

Wikipedia: Siegberg (DE)

The Nikolaikirche is a church building in the North Rhine-Westphalian city of Siegen, whose history goes back to the 13th century. The church is on the Siegberg, the settlement core of the medieval old town. She receives her architectural peculiarity through her hexagonal floor plan; The nave is the only European indoor hexagon north of the Alps. With the crown, the church tower of the Nikolaikirche bears the symbol of the city of Siegen, a forged and gilded crown with a diameter of over two meters from the 17th century. As the highest building on the Siegberg, the church tower with a height of 53 meters and with a striking red-white coat of paint shapes the silhouette of the city. The church gained international fame through its church treasure with a silver baptismal shell from the 16th century. Since the Reformation, the Nikolaikirche has been an evangelical church, Protestant-reformed parish church of Siegens since 1580. The Siegen town hall and the market square are below the church.

Wikipedia: Nikolaikirche (Siegen) (DE)

St. Mary's Church is an 18th-century Catholic church in the city of Siegen.

Wikipedia: Marienkirche (Siegen) (DE)

From its inauguration in 1904 until its destruction by arson during the National Socialist November pogroms of 1938 on November 10 of that year, the Siegen Synagogue was the religious center of the Jewish community in the Westphalian city of Siegen.

Wikipedia: Synagoge Siegen (DE)

The Martinikirche is a pseudo-basilica dedicated to St. Martin in Siegen, which has existed in its present form since the 16th century, and whose history dates back to the 8th century. Its oldest surviving documentary mention dates back to the early 14th century. The church is located on the western rocky spur of the Siegberg on the outskirts of the medieval town of Siegen, immediately west of the Lower Castle. The Martini Church is the oldest surviving sacred building in the city and has been a Protestant church since the time of the Reformation.

Wikipedia: Martinikirche (Siegen) (DE), Website

The list of monuments in Siegen contains the listed buildings in the area of the city of Siegen in the district of Siegen-Wittgenstein in North Rhine-Westphalia. These monuments are entered in the list of monuments of the city of Siegen; The basis for inclusion is the North Rhine-Westphalia Monument Protection Act.

Wikipedia: Liste der Baudenkmäler in Siegen (DE)

Siegen is a city in Germany, in the south Westphalian part of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Wikipedia: Siegen (EN)