Amt Netphen
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AMT NETPHEN
State : Nordrhein-Westfalen
District (Kreis) : Siegen)
Incorporated into : 1969 Netphen and smaller parts to Siegen and Wilnsdorf
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Origin/meaning
The arms of Amt Netphen were granted on August 17, 1937.
The arms show in the basea black boar. The boar is taken from the old seal of Netphen-Irmgarteichen (known since 1467). The lion in the upper part of the new arms is the lion of <a href=n/nassau|Nassau]], as the area belonged to the County Nassau-Siegen. The lion of Nassau is also part of all the Ämter is the (former) district Siegen.
To the Amt belonged:
- Afholderbach
- Anzhausen
- Beienbach
- Brauersdorf
- Breitenbach (1966 to Siegen)
- Deuz
- Dreis-Tiefenbach
- Eckmannshausen
- Eschenbach
- Feuersbach
- Flammersbach
- Frohnhausen
- Gernsdorf
- Grissenbach
- Hainchen
- Helgersdorf
- Herzhausen
- Irmgarteichen
- Nauholz
- Nenkersdorf
- Niedernetphen
- Niedersetzen (1966 to Hüttental)
- Obernau
- Obernetphen
- Obersetzen (1966 to Hüttental)
- Oelgershausen
- Rudersdorf
- Salchendorf
- Sohlbach
- Unglinghausen
- Walpersdorf
- Werthenbach
Literature: Meijer, 1940.