Arnsberg

	ARNSBERG Country: Germany State:Nordrhein-Westfalen District (Kreis):Hochsauerlandkreis (until 1977 Arnsberg) Additions:(to see click on expand) 1975 Bachum 1975 Breitenbruch 1975 Bruchhausen 1975 Herdringen 1975 Holzen 1975 Müschede 1975 Neheim-Hüsten 1941 Neheim 1941 Hüsten 1975 Niedereimer 1975 Oeventrop 1975 Rumbeck 1975 Uentrop 1975 Vosswinkel 1975 Wennigloh 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":51.399799999999999045030563138425350189208984375,"lon":8.059799999999999187139110290445387363433837890625,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	In Blau, ein gold bewehrter silberner Adler.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on January 28, 1911 and slightly changed on July 6, 1976.

Arnsberg got city rights in 1237 by the Counts of Werl, who named themselves after the new city. Already the first seals showed the eagle, surrounded by city walls.

The eagle remained on the seals and arms of the city ever since. The present arms were devised in 1910, but the colours are probably not the original colours (either silver or gold on a red field, see the arms of the Arnsberg district).

Image gallery

The seal of Arnsberg from 1314
The arms around 1500
The arms on a municipal stamp (1892)
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925
Emergency money 1917
The arms on a special cancellation 1988
The arms on a special cancellation 1990
The arms in an album from around 1905
The arms in an album from around 1910
The arms in an album from 1968
The arms on a matchbox label
The arms in the Abadie albums

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; Belke et al., 1986; Hupp, 1920s

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