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	LANDKREIS ALTENA (AL) Altena District Country : Germany State : Nordrhein-Westfalen Incorporated into: 1968 Lüdenscheid 1975 Märkischer Kreis 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":51.2845999999999975216269376687705516815185546875,"lon":7.6243999999999996219912645756267011165618896484375,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	In goldenem Schilde im unteren Drittel ein dreireihig rot-silbern geschachter Balken, darüber wachsend ein schwarzer rotbewehrter Löwe.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on May 3rd, 1935.

The arms show the arms of the Counts of Altena-Mark. The district belonged in the Middle Ages to the Counts of Mark, who named themselves after their largest possession, Altena. In 1511 the counts acquired the duchies Berg and Jülich. The lion in the arms has the colours of the lion of Jülich, which was the largest possession of this family.

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The arms on a bookplate
(image from Facebook)

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.

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+<center>''' {{uc:Landkreis Altena (AL)}} '''<br>Altena District</center><br>
+'''Country''' : Germany [[File:germany.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br>
+'''State''' : [[Nordrhein-Westfalen]][[File:nordrhei.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br>
+'''Incorporated into''':<br>
+* 1968 [[Lüdenscheid (kreis)|Lüdenscheid]]
+** 1975 [[Märkischer Kreis]]
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+|'''German'''
+| In goldenem Schilde im unteren Drittel ein dreireihig rot-silbern geschachter Balken, darüber wachsend ein schwarzer rotbewehrter Löwe.
+|-
+|'''English'''
+| blazon wanted
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-State : [[Nordrhein-Westfalen]]<br/>
+===Origin/meaning===
-Incorporated into : 1968 [[Lüdenscheid (kreis)|Lüdenscheid]] (1975 [[Märkischer Kreis]])
+The arms were granted on May 3rd, 1935.
-[[FIle:altena.kreis.jpg|center]]
+The arms show the arms of the Counts of Altena-Mark. The district belonged in the Middle Ages to the Counts of Mark, who named themselves after their largest possession, Altena. In 1511 the counts acquired the duchies Berg and [[Jülich]]. The lion in the arms has the colours of the lion of Jülich, which was the largest possession of this family.
-'''Origin/meaning :'''<br/>
+===Image gallery===
-The arms were granted on May 3rd, 1935.
+<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0>
+File:altena1.kreis.jpg|alt=Wappen von Landkreis Altena/Arms (crest) of the Altena district|The arms on a bookplate<br>(image from Facebook)
+</gallery>
-The arms show the arms of the Counts of Altena-Mark. The district belonged in the Middle Ages to the Counts of Mark, who named themselves after their largest possession, Altena. In 1511 the counts acquired the duchies Berg and [[Jülich]]. The lion in the arms has the colours of the lion of Jülich, which was the largest possession of this family.
+[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.
-[[Literature]] : Stadler, K. : Deutsche Wappen - Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Angelsachsen Verlag, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.
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 [[Category:Kreiswappen]]

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