SIEGEN  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, in the Prussian See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• WESTPHALIA (Ger. Westfalen)
• WESTPHALIA, TREATY OF

Westphalia, situated 63 m . E. of See also:

• COLOGNE (Ger. Koln, or officially, since 1900, Coln)

Cologne by See also:

• RAIL

rail, on the Sieg, a tributary entering the See also:

• RHINE (Lat. Rhenus, Ger. Rhein, Fr. Rhin, Dutch Rhyn, or Rijn)

Rhine opposite See also:

• BONN

Bonn . Pop . (19os) 25,201 . The town contains two palaces of the former princes of See also:

• NASSAU

Nassau-Siegen, a technical and a See also:

• MINING

mining school . The surrounding See also:

• DISTRICT

district, to which it gives its name, abounds in See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron-mines, and iron See also:

• FOUNDING (from Lat. fundere, to pour)

founding and smelting are the most important branches of See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry in and near the town . Large tanneries and See also:

• LEATHER (a word which appears in all Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Leder, Dutch leer or leder, Swed. leder, and in such Celtic forms as Welsh llader)
• LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL

leather See also:

• WORKS

works, and factories for See also:

• CLOTH

cloth, See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper and machinery, are among the other See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

industrial establishments . Siegen was the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early principality belonging to the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of Nassau; and from 16o6 onwards it gave name to the junior See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of Nassau-Siegen . See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon incorporated Siegen in the See also:

• GRAND

grand-duchy of See also:

• BERG (Ducatus Montensis)

Berg in 1806; and in 1815 the See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

congress of See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna assigned it to See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia, under whose See also:

• RULE

rule it has nearly quintupled its See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population . See also:

• RUBENS, PETER PAUL (1577-164o)

Rubens is said to have been See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born here in 1J77 . See Cuno, Geschichte der Stadt Siegen (Dillenburg, 1873) .