Eslohe

ESLOHE Country: Germany State:Nordrhein-Westfalen District (Kreis):Hochsauerlandkreis (until 1979 Meschede) Amt:Eslohe (until 1975) Additions: 1975 Cobbenrode 1975 Reiste 1975 Wenholthausen 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":51.2539000000000015688783605583012104034423828125,"lon":8.16929999999999978399500832892954349517822265625,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon

German	(1966) In Silber eine aufrechte schwarze Lanze, überdeckt mit gekreuzten schwarzem Schlüssel und schwarzem Schwert. (1976) Von Blau und Silber gespalten, vorn ein halber silberner Adler mit roter Zunge, hinten eine halbe eingebogene schwarze Spitze.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The first arms were granted on June 24, 1966 and new arms were granted on April 20, 1976.

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  The arms from 1966

The first arms are based on the old seal of Eslohe, dating from 1770. The arms show the symbols of the two patron saints of the abbey in Meschede, to which the local church belonged, the key for St. Peter and the sword for St. Paul. The meaning or origin of the lance is not clear. The black and silver colours are chosen as the colours of the State of Köln, to which the area belonged after 1444.

The new arms are derived from and nearly identical to the arms of the former Amt Eslohe, to which all the former municipalities belonged.

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

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