Amt Volmarstein

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AMT VOLMARSTEIN

State : Nordrhein-Westfalen
District (Kreis) : Ennepe-Ruhr Kreis
Incorporated into : 1970 Gevelsberg, Wetter

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Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on June 24, 1936.

The chequered chief is derived from the arms of the Counts of the Mark, as the area was part of the Mark region. The trefoil is taken from the arms of the Lords of Volmarstein, who had their castle in the village since the 12^th century.

To the Amt belonged:

Asbeck
Berge
Esborn
Grundschöttel
Silschede
Volmarstein

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Literature: Meyer, 1940

Amt Volmarstein

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