Rhein-Sieg District

The Rhein-Sieg District is a Kreis (district) in the south of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Rheinisch-Bergisch District, Oberbergisch District, Altenkirchen, Neuwied, Ahrweiler, Euskirchen, Rhein-Erft, the urban district of Cologne. Nearly completely surrounded by the district is the city of Bonn.

History
The district as known today was created in 1969, during the reorganization of the districts in North Rhine-Westphalia, by merging Sieg District with the District of Bonn (from which Bonn itself was separated in 1887 to become an urban district). Sieg District was created in 1825.

Geography
Geographically Rhein-Sieg District covers the valley of the river Sieg and also, since the merger with the District of Bonn, that of the Rhine around Bonn, as well an area in the most easterly part of the Eifel.