Wolfershausen

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WOLFERSHAUSEN

State : Hessen
District (Kreis) : Schwalm-Eder Kreis (until 1973 Melsungen)
Incorporated into : 1971 Felsberg (Hessen)

Official blazon
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Origin/meaning

The arms are base don the arms of the medieval Lords of Wolfershausen. The upper half shows a canting wolf, the lower three rings, These refer to the fact that the Lords of Wolfershausen originally came from Rengshausen, the rings ar ethus canting.