Hamm (Sieg)

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).

Its web address is . It is the home of the Raiffeisenmuseum honouring Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen who pioneered rural credit unions. See .

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Sieg

The Sieg is a river in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany named after the Sigambrer. It is a right tributary of the Rhine and 153 kilometres in length.

The source is located in the Rothaargebirge mountains. From here the river runs southwestwards to the city of Siegen and the hills of Siegerland, both named after the river. Further west the Sieg valley forms the boundary of the Bergisches Land (northern) and Westerwald (southern). The river finally runs through a protected area east of the city of Bonn.

After passing the cities of Hennef and Siegburg it joins the Rhine near Niederkassel/Mondorf just a few kilometres north of the centre of Bonn.

Sieg (disambiguation)

Sieg may refer to:

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SIEG

Shanghai Industrial Company, also known as SIEG, is a Chinese manufacturer of metalworking and woodworking machine tools. Their machines are commonly rebranded and sold by retailers around the world. They make two lines which correspond to the colors the machines are painted. The "Red and Black Series" (Green when sold by Grizzly and available in a multitude of colours in the UK) are smaller machines aimed at the home shop market, while the "White and Blue Series" is intended for light industry.

Red and Black series

The Red and Black series of metalworking machines have gained popularity among various hobby circles such as robotics, RC vehicles, modeling, model trains, and go-carting due to their low initial cost, compact size and ready availability. They have also found their way into shops where light capacity machining is required such as small engine repair.

The popular X series of vertical mills includes the X0, X1, X2, and X3 as well as the "super" variants SX0, SX1, SX2, SX3, and SX4. The X1 is commonly referred to as the Micro-Mill, the X2 is commonly referred to as the "Mini-Mill", and the X3 takes the title of "Small-Mill". This series is a small, manual, vertical milling/drilling machine designed for micro to light capacity applications. Their machines are usually not sold under their own name, but instead rebranded (private labelled) and sold by a variety of companies. A few of the known equivalents are:

Hamm

Hamm (German pronunciation: [ˈham], Latin: Hammona) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northeastern part of the Ruhr area. As of December 2003 its population was 180,849. The city is situated between the A1 motorway and A2 motorway. Hamm railway station is an important hub for rail transport and renowned for its distinctive station building.

History

Coat of arms

The coat of arms has been in use in its present form for about 750 years. It shows the markish chessboard ("märkischen Schachbalken") in red and silver on a golden field. Originally it was the founders' coat of arms, i. e. the Counts of Mark. The chessboard and the colours are often displayed in the coats of arms of further towns founded by that family line. Similarly, the colours of the city are red and white.

Overview

The name Ham means "corner" in the old Low German dialect spoken at that time. In the old times the name thom Hamme would be used, which evolved slowly into its modern form Hamm. The name derives from the description of the Hamm's location in the corner of the Lippe river and the narrow Ahse affluent, where it was founded on Ash Wednesday in March 1226 by Count Adolf I of the Mark.

Hamm (Verbandsgemeinde)

Hamm is a Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the district of Altenkirchen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the Verbandsgemeinde is in Hamm.

The Verbandsgemeinde Hamm consists of the following Ortsgemeinden ("local municipalities"):

Coordinates: 50°46′01″N 7°40′34″E / 50.767°N 7.676°E / 50.767; 7.676

Hamm, Bitburg-Prüm

Hamm is a municipality in the district of Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.

Hamm consists of only a few houses along the Hauptstrasse (main street). It is overlooked by Hamm Castle which dates back to the 11th century and is one of the largest medieval castles in the Eifel region.

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