Bad Berleburg

	BAD BERLEBURG Country : Germany State : Nordrhein-Westfalen District (Kreis) : Siegen-Wittgenstein (until 1974 Wittgenstein) Additions: (to see click on expand) 1975 Amt Berleburg (partly) 1932 Amt Arfeld 1932 Amt Berghausen 1932 Amt Girkhausen 1975 Alerthausen 1975 Arfeld 1975 Aue 1975 Beddelhausen 1975 Berghausen 1975 Diedenshausen 1975 Dotzlar 1975 Elsoff 1975 Girkhausen 1975 Hemschlar 1975 Raumland 1975 Richstein 1975 Rinthe 1975 Sassenhausen 1975 Schüllar 1975 Schwarzenau 1975 Stünzel 1975 Weidenhausen 1975 Wemlighausen 1975 Wingeshausen 1975 Wunderthausen 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":51.04740000000000321733750752173364162445068359375,"lon":8.3910999999999997811528373858891427516937255859375,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	Geteilt und oben gespalten; vorne in Rot ein linksgewendeter, doppelschwänziger, herschauender, blau bewehrter, goldener Löwe, hinten in Silber zwei schwarze Pfähle; unten in Silber ein nach links laufender, rot bewehrter, schwarzer Bär.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on July 10, 1911 and again on June 25, 1976. The prefix Bad was granted in 1971.

The town became a city in 1330 and soon after the first seal was made. The seal showed the arms of the Counts of Wittgenstein, who owned the city. Since 1570 the present arms are used. The lion is the lion of the Von Sayn family, the pales come from the arms of the Wittgenstein family. The family Sayn-Wittgenstein-Vallender inherited Berleburg in 1339 and made it their capital. The bear is a canting symbol.

Image gallery

>Seal from around 1900
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925
The arms in an album from 1968
The arms in the town (source)

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; Hupp, O:Kaffee Hag albums, 1920s

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