Kamen

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KAMEN

State : Nordrhein-Westfalen
District (Kreis) : Unna
Additions : 1968 Amt Pelkum (partly), Amt Unna-Kamen (partly), Derne, Heeren-Werve, Methler (1967 Wasserkurl, Westick), Rottum

Official blazon

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Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on December 16, 1912.

Kamen received city rights in 1245 and the oldest seal is known from 1248. The seal showed a wheel below the chequered bar of the Counts of the Mark, who ruled the city at the time. The arms remained unchanged until the 17^th century, when the wheel was placed above the bar.