Brake in Lippe

	BRAKE IN LIPPE Country : Germany State : Nordrhein-Westfalen District (Kreis) : Lippe (until 1972 Lemgo) Incorporated into: 1969 Lemgo Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":52.01899999999999835154085303656756877899169921875,"lon":8.916100000000000136424205265939235687255859375,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

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Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on August 9, 1955.

The arms show the banner of the Counts of Lippe-Schwalenberg. From 1613-1709 Brake was the seat of the Counts of Lippe-Schwalenberg. Before 1955 the municipality simply used the arms of the State of Lippe, a red rose in silver.

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The municipal stamp shown in 1892

Literature: Veddeler, P.: Die Lippische Rose, Detmold, Selbstverlag Nordrhein-Westfalisches Staatsarchiv, 1978, 112 p.

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