Attendorn

	ATTENDORN Country : Germany State : Nordrhein-Westfalen District (Kreis) : Olpe Amt: Attendorn (until 1969) Additions: 1969 Attendorn-Land 1969 Helden 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":51.1236999999999994770405464805662631988525390625,"lon":7.90359999999999995878852132591418921947479248046875,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	In Silber ein durchgehendes schwarzes Kreuz, im rechten oberen Winkel ein aufrechter, nach rechts gerichteter roter Halbmond.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on October 7, 1910 and confirmed on August 12, 1970.

The town got city rights in 1222 by bishop Engelbert of Köln (Cologne). The first seal of the city showed the patron saint of the diocese, St. Peter, with a crescent next to his head. The crescent may be the symbol of St. John Baptist, the local parish saint. Later seals show St. Peter sitting on a throne, sometimes with a shield with the arms of the diocese (black cross) at his feet. In the 15^th century the crescent is placed in the first quarter of the shield.

Image gallery

The seal of Attendorn from 1310
The seal of Attendorn from 1450
The arms in the Arnsberger Wappensammlung, 1700
The arms on a municipal stamp (1892)
Seal from around 1900
Seal from around 1900
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925

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

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