Wülfte

WÜLFTE Country : Germany State : Nordrhein-Westfalen District (Kreis) : Hochsauerlandkreis (until 1969 Brilon) Amt : Amt Thülen Incorporated into: 1975 Brilon 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":51.4335999999999984311216394416987895965576171875,"lon":8.583600000000000562749846721999347209930419921875,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon

German	In Grün ein silberner Wolfskopf mit roter Zunge.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on November 11, 1954.

The wolf's head is a canting symbol (Wülf soulds like Wolf). It was designed in 1954 as no historical arms or seals were known. The colours were chosen arbitrarily.

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  The arms on a monument in Brilon

Literature: Belke et al., 1986