Siegen quiz

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1. 1 Easy

   What is the name of the large shopping mall in Siegen?

   Answer: City-Galerie

   Why: Opened in October 1998 with a hundred shops beside the main station, it pulled the retail centre of gravity down off the Siegberg.

2. 2 Medium

   Which hill is home to Siegen's children's hospital?

   Answer: Wellersberg

   Why: It began in 1918 as a children's crèche, opened a hospital in 1934 with 38 beds, and now has 158.

3. 3 Hard

   Which Siegen hill district has towers nicknamed 'Nato-Zähne'?

   Answer: Fischbacherberg

   Why: Built for Belgian soldiers from 1967, the estate lost two of its four towers to demolition in the late 1990s.

4. 4 Easy

   Siegen is famously said to be built on how many hills?

   Answer: Seven

   Why: The city runs an annual Seven Summits event over them, though a survey of the core area actually counts eight named elevations.

5. 5 Medium

   Which potato bread is a culinary specialty from Siegen?

   Answer: Riewekooche

   Why: The name is Siegerland dialect for Reibekuchen, yet it is a yeast loaf, with grated raw potato replacing part of the flour.

6. 6 Hard

   Which hill in Siegen is home to a prominent television tower?

   Answer: Giersberg

   Why: A broadcaster has kept a mast on this 354 metre hill since 1950, and the 103 metre replacement raised in 2001 still carries digital television.