Hamm (Sieg) Explained

Image Coa:Wappen_Hamm_Sieg.png
Coordinates:50.7667°N 7.6758°W
Image Plan:Hamm (Sieg) in AK.svg
State:Rheinland-Pfalz
District:Altenkirchen
Verbandsgemeinde:Hamm (Sieg)
Elevation:220
Area:3.66
Postal Code:57577
Area Code:02682
Licence:AK
Gemeindeschlüssel:07 1 32 044
Mayor:Bernd Niederhausen[1]
Leader Term:2019 - 24

Hamm is a municipality in the district of Altenkirchen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the river Sieg, approx. 10 km north-east of Altenkirchen, and 40 km east of Bonn.

Hamm is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Hamm (Sieg). It is the home of the Raiffeisenmuseum honouring Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen who pioneered rural credit unions.

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/1320000000000.html Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Altenkirchen