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As part of Hesse's municipal reforms, the formerly independent municipalities of
Eisemroth, Tringenstein, Übernthal and Wallenfels merged on 1 January 1972 to form the greater community of Siegbach, after the communities of Oberndorf and Eisemroth had already been united for a year. The new
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The community of
Siegbach lies in the Lahn-Dill Highland in the valley of its namesake brook, the Siegbach, which empties into the Aar to the south at
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The community consists of the five centres of
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might heraldically be described thus: In vert on ground Or a mine gallery sable with framework Or, therein, a crossed
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