Giershagen

GIERSHAGEN Country: Germany State: Nordrhein-Westfalen District (Kreis): Hochsauerlandkreis (until 1969 Brilon) Amt: (until 1975) Amt Niedermarsberg Incorporated into: 1975 Marsberg 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":51.40670000000000072759576141834259033203125,"lon":8.8270999999999997243094185250811278820037841796875,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon

German	Gespalten von Schwarz und Silber; vorn ein schräggestellter goldener Abtstab mit nach rechts geöffneter Krücke belegt mit einem von Rot und Silber in zwei Reihen geschachten Schräglinksbalken, hinter ein schwarz gekleideter Mönch mit schwarzem Stab und nach rechts geöffneter Krücke, in der Linken ein schwarzes Buch.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on June 13, 1958.

The arms indicate that the village was for many centuries a possession of the Bredelar Abbey. The arms thus show a monk, a crosier and the chequered bend of the Cistercian Order.

Literature: Belke et al., 1986

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