Neunkirchen (Siegerland)

Neunkirchen
Municipality
Coat of arms of Neunkirchen
Coat of arms
North Rhine-WestphaliaRhineland-PalatinateHesseBurbachHochsauerlandkreisOlpe (district)Bad BerleburgSiegenNetphenKreuztalBad LaaspheWilnsdorfHilchenbachNeunkirchenFreudenbergErndtebrück
Location of Neunkirchen within Siegen-Wittgenstein district
Interactive map of Neunkirchen
Neunkirchen is located in Germany
Neunkirchen
Neunkirchen
Location within Germany
Neunkirchen is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Neunkirchen
Neunkirchen
Location within North Rhine-Westphalia
Coordinates: 50°47′59″N 08°00′00″E / 50.79972°N 8.00000°E / 50.79972; 8.00000
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. regionArnsberg
DistrictSiegen-Wittgenstein
Subdivisions6
Government
 • Mayor (2020–25)Bernhard Baumann
Area
 • Total
39.81 km2 (15.37 sq mi)
Elevation
242–510 m (794–1,673 ft)
Population
 (2025-12-31)
 • Total
12,628
 • Density317.2/km2 (821.6/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
57290
Dialling codes02735
Vehicle registrationSI
Websitewww.neunkirchen-siegerland.de

Neunkirchen (German: [ˈnɔʏnkɪʁçn̩] ⓘ; English: "New Church") is a municipality in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

History

Neunkirchen had its first documentary mention on 23 August 1288.

Geography

Neunkirchen lies on the river Heller, about 10 km south of Siegen.

Neighbouring communities

Neunkirchen neighbours the communities of Burbach, Wilnsdorf, Herdorf and Daaden.

Constituent communities

Constituent communities

Neunkirchen consists of the following centres:

Until 1 January 1969, all these places were independent municipalities, before they were all merged to form today's greater community of Neunkirchen.

Climate

Neunkirchen's climate is classified as oceanic (Köppen: Cfb; Trewartha: Dobk). The average annual temperature in Neunkirchen is 10.0 °C (50.0 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,006.7 mm (39.63 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 18.3 °C (64.9 °F), and lowest in January, at around 2.3 °C (36.1 °F).

The Neunkirchen weather station has recorded the following extreme values:

Climate data for Neunkirchen (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1962–present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 15.4
(59.7)		 20.5
(68.9)		 25.3
(77.5)		 29.2
(84.6)		 32.5
(90.5)		 35.0
(95.0)		 38.4
(101.1)		 36.8
(98.2)		 32.3
(90.1)		 26.1
(79.0)		 20.0
(68.0)		 17.2
(63.0)		 38.4
(101.1)
Mean maximum °C (°F) 11.8
(53.2)		 13.3
(55.9)		 18.1
(64.6)		 23.5
(74.3)		 26.8
(80.2)		 30.2
(86.4)		 31.5
(88.7)		 30.8
(87.4)		 25.9
(78.6)		 21.0
(69.8)		 15.5
(59.9)		 12.0
(53.6)		 33.3
(91.9)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 4.8
(40.6)		 6.1
(43.0)		 10.2
(50.4)		 14.8
(58.6)		 18.5
(65.3)		 21.5
(70.7)		 23.5
(74.3)		 23.2
(73.8)		 19.1
(66.4)		 14.0
(57.2)		 8.7
(47.7)		 5.4
(41.7)		 14.1
(57.4)
Daily mean °C (°F) 2.3
(36.1)		 2.8
(37.0)		 5.9
(42.6)		 9.7
(49.5)		 13.4
(56.1)		 16.4
(61.5)		 18.3
(64.9)		 17.7
(63.9)		 14.1
(57.4)		 10.1
(50.2)		 6.0
(42.8)		 3.1
(37.6)		 10.0
(50.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −0.3
(31.5)		 −0.3
(31.5)		 1.8
(35.2)		 4.5
(40.1)		 8.0
(46.4)		 11.0
(51.8)		 13.1
(55.6)		 12.6
(54.7)		 9.7
(49.5)		 6.6
(43.9)		 3.2
(37.8)		 0.6
(33.1)		 5.9
(42.6)
Mean minimum °C (°F) −8.8
(16.2)		 −8.0
(17.6)		 −5.3
(22.5)		 −2.7
(27.1)		 0.8
(33.4)		 5.0
(41.0)		 7.4
(45.3)		 6.8
(44.2)		 4.0
(39.2)		 0.0
(32.0)		 −3.3
(26.1)		 −6.7
(19.9)		 −11.8
(10.8)
Record low °C (°F) −21.6
(−6.9)		 −18.0
(−0.4)		 −12.8
(9.0)		 −8.0
(17.6)		 −1.6
(29.1)		 −0.5
(31.1)		 3.0
(37.4)		 2.4
(36.3)		 −0.4
(31.3)		 −5.1
(22.8)		 −10.4
(13.3)		 −16.4
(2.5)		 −21.6
(−6.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 93.9
(3.70)		 80.8
(3.18)		 77.6
(3.06)		 56.6
(2.23)		 75.3
(2.96)		 88.5
(3.48)		 87.5
(3.44)		 93.9
(3.70)		 79.3
(3.12)		 83.2
(3.28)		 88.3
(3.48)		 101.8
(4.01)		 1,006.7
(39.63)
Average extreme snow depth cm (inches) 5.7
(2.2)		 5.8
(2.3)		 2.2
(0.9)		 0.1
(0.0)		 0
(0)		 0
(0)		 0
(0)		 0
(0)		 0
(0)		 0
(0)		 0.9
(0.4)		 3.6
(1.4)		 9.2
(3.6)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 18.7 17.5 16.9 13.2 15.1 15.0 16.2 14.8 14.7 17.0 18.9 20.3 198.2
Average relative humidity (%) 85.1 81.5 76.6 70.2 71.7 73.5 74.0 76.1 80.8 84.4 87.0 87.3 79.0
Mean monthly sunshine hours 50.5 70.6 128.8 185.5 202.2 209.0 215.2 191.0 153.9 104.7 47.3 41.3 1,599.9
Source: DWD Open Data

Population

Politics

Municipal council

The council's 28 seats are apportioned thus, in accordance with municipal elections held on 26 September 2004:

CDU SPD Greens FDP UWG total
200481113528

Note: UWG is a citizens' coalition.

Coat of arms

Neunkirchen's civic coat of arms might be described thus: Or three lozenges in bend sable.

The greater community's current arms are the same as those formerly borne by Altenseelbach before amalgamation. They were adopted as Neunkirchen's arms in 1969. The charge of the three lozenges comes from the arms borne by the Lords of Seelbach in the Middle Ages. A similar charge – in the same colours – can be seen in nearby Burbach's arms.

Partnerships

Economy and infrastructure

Struthütten stop

Neunkirchen has five stations along the Betzdorf–Haiger railway, which are Struthuetten, Altenseelbach, Neunkirchen (Kr. Siegen), Zeppenfeld and Wiederstein, they are served by the local train line number RB96 of Hessische Landesbahn (HLB), section DreiLänderBahn. Neunkirchen is located in the fare association Westfalen-Tarif, in the zone number 81900. Also local bus lines connect Neunkirchen to the public transport.

Established businesses

Literature

Otto Braun: 700 Jahre Neunkirchen. Neunkirchen 1988.

Notes

  1. ↑ The data from 1 August 1962 to 29 February 1992 are from the Neunkirchen-Seelscheid-Meisenbach weather station, and the data from 1 September 1992 to the present are from the Neunkirchen-Seelscheid-Krawinkel weather station. There are no meteorological observations for the six months in between.

References

  1. ↑ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 30 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2025 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus 2022" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW.
  3. ↑ Kaufmann, Henning (1973). Die Namen der rheinischen Städte (in German). W. Fink.
  4. 1 2 "Monatsauswertung". sklima.de (in German). SKlima. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  5. 1 2 "Extremwertanalyse der DWD-Stationen, Tagesmaxima, Dekadenrekorde, usw" (in German). DWD. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  6. ↑ "Landesdatabank Nordrhein-Westfalen Tabelle 12411-01i: Bevölkerungsstand - Gemeinden - Stichtag". Retrieved 26 August 2026.