Kirchen
Kirchen (Sieg) (German pronunciation: [ˈkɪʁçn̩] ) is a town and Luftkurort (climatic spa) in the district of Altenkirchen in the north of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Kirchen (Sieg) (German pronunciation: [ˈkɪʁçn̩] ) is a town and Luftkurort (climatic spa) in the district of Altenkirchen in the north of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the river Sieg, approx. 12 km southwest of Siegen. Among its notable features is the Freusburg castle.
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Worth seeing in and around Kirchen
One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Freusburg
Numerous castles are found in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. These buildings, some of which have a history of over 1000 years, were the setting of historical events and the domains of famous personalities; and many still are imposing edifices to this day.
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Getting to Kirchen
- Airports
- Cologne Bonn (CGN), 52 km · Dortmund (DTM), 81 km · Düsseldorf (DUS), 95 km
- Stations
- Betzdorf (Sieg) station, 2.3 km
- Köln (Cologne) → Kirchen67 km · quickest by road, 1h 49m · €10–14
- Dortmund → Kirchen84 km · quickest by road, 2h · €11–15
- Düsseldorf → Kirchen90 km · quickest by road, 2h 14m · €13–19
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Kirchen is 56 km from Bonn, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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