Hirschberg (Warstein)

	HIRSCHBERG Country : Germany State : Nordrhein-Westfalen District (Kreis) : Soest (until 1975 Arnsberg) Incorporated into: 1975 Warstein 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":51.4279999999999972715158946812152862548828125,"lon":8.274699999999999278088580467738211154937744140625,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	In Blau auf ansteigendem grünem Dreiberg ein goldener Hirsch nach links springend.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on June 24, 1911.

The canting deer (Hirsch) already appears on the oldest seal of the town, known since 1442. The addition of the second canting element, the mountain (Berg) appears in a roll of arms from 1700. The arms were officially granted in 1911.

Image gallery

The municipal stamp shown in 1892
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.

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