Hamm (Sieg)

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Hamm
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Location of Hamm (Sieg) within Altenkirchen district
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Hamm
Coordinates: 50°46′0″N7°40′33″E / 50.76667°N 7.67583°E / 50.76667; 7.67583
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Altenkirchen
Municipal assoc. Hamm (Sieg)
Government
   Mayor (201924) Bernd Niederhausen [1]
Area
  Total3.66 km2 (1.41 sq mi)
Elevation
220 m (720 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31) [2]
  Total3,563
  Density970/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
57577
Dialling codes 02682
Vehicle registration AK
Website www.hamm-sieg.de

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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References

  1. Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Altenkirchen, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 3 August 2021.
  2. "Bevölkerungsstand 2021, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2022.