Schwelm

SCHWELM Country : Germany State : Nordrhein-Westfalen District (Kreis) : Ennepe-Ruhr Kreis Additions: 1890 Möllenkotten 1970 Amt Hasslinghausen (partly) 1970 Linderhausen 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":51.28401000000000209411155083216726779937744140625,"lon":7.29333999999999971208808347000740468502044677734375,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon

German	In goldenem Schilde über einem blauen .Wellenbalken zwei durch eine rote Zinnenmauer verbundene rote spitzbedachte Türme, zwischen denen ein dreireihiger rot-silberner Schachbalken liegt.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on August 3, 1938.

Schwelm received city rights in the late 16^th century and the oldest know seal dates from 1582. The seal showed already the above composition. The two towers and the wall symbolise the city itself, the wavy bar probably the canal around the city.

The chequered bar is derived from the arms of the Counts of the Mark, who ruled the town for several centuries since 1375.

18^th century seals showed the same composition, but with three crescents in the base. The origin of these moons is not known. It has been speculated that they are basically derived from some decorations in the base of the shield on older seals, and were misinterpreted as moons. It has also been mentioned that they are misinterpreted tools used in the steel industry. But in the 18^th century there was no such industry in the town.

Again later seals only showed the historical arms. On April 16, 1910 the arms were granted with the crescents, as shown by Hupp (below), but in 1938 the city returned to the oldest arms.

Image gallery

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  Seal from around 1900

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  The arms in an album from around 1905

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  The arms in an album from around 1910

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  The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925

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  The arms in an album from around 1931

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  The arms in the Abadie albums

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  The arms in an album from 1968

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; Hupp, O: Kaffee Hag albums, 1920s; Meyer, 1940

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