Amt Burbach

	AMT BURBACH Country : Germany State : Nordrhein-Westfalen District (Kreis) : Siegen Incorporated into: 1969 Burbach 1969 Neunkirchen 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":50.7426999999999992496668710373342037200927734375,"lon":8.0864999999999991331378623726777732372283935546875,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	Schild von blau und gold geteilt; im kleineren oberen Felde hervorbrechend ein goldener rotbewehrter, von sieben goldenen Schindeln begleiteter Löwe, unten in Form eines Schrägbalkens drei schwarze Rauten.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms of Amt Burbach were granted on August 17, 1937.

The arms are based on the old seal of Burbach, which showed the lion of Nassau and three diamonds. The diamonds are taken from the arms of the Lords of Selbach. The arms of the Amt are slightly different, with the lion in the upper half and the diamonds below, on the seal the shield is divided vertically. The lion of Nassau is also part of all the Ämter is the (former) district Siegen.

To the Amt belonged:

Altenseelbach
Burbach
Gilsbach
Holzhausen
Lippe
Lützeln
Neunkirchen
Niederdresselndorf
Oberdresselndorf
Salchendorf
Struthütten
Wahlbach
Wiederstein
Würgendorf
Zeppenfeld

Literature: Meijer, 1940.

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