Bünde

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BÜNDE

State : Nordrhein-Westfalen
District (Kreis) : Herford
Additions : 1969 Amt Ennigloh, Amt Herford-Hiddenhausen (partly), Ahle, Bustedt, Dünne, Ennigloh, Holsen, Hunnebrock, Hüffen, Muckum, Spradow (partly), Südlengern (partly), Werfen

Official blazon

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on July 14, 1909 and again on April 28, 1972.

The arms are supposedly canting, two knights holding hands, thus forming a bond (zum Bunde). It is based on the fact that the two Germanic warlords, Hengist and Horsa, in the 5^th century on the spot of the present city formed a pact to invade England.