Wülfrath

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WÜLFRATH

State : Nordrhein-Westfalen
District (Kreis) : Mettmann

Wappen von Wülfrath/Arms (crest) of Wülfrath
Official blazon
German

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on August 18, 1938.

Wülfrath used in the 19th century, after the town received city rights in 1827 arms that showed a shepherd with a wolf, surrounded by a flock of sheep and lightened by a sun. These arms were based on a seal from 1620 from the local parish. It showed the local church and a shepherd fighting a wolf with a stick. It is probably symbolising the battle between good and evil. The wolf is chosen as a canting symbol.

As the old arms were really non-heraldic, the present arms were devised, in which church and sheep were omitted.

Seal of Wülfrath

Seal from around 1900
Wappen von Wülfrath

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

Postal cancellation 1980


Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.





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