Lüdenscheid

	LÜDENSCHEID Country : Germany State : Nordrhein-Westfalen District (Kreis) : Märkischer Kreis (1969-1975 Lüdenscheid, before 1969 Altena) Additions: 1969 Amt Lüdenscheid (partly) 1969 Lüdenscheid-Land 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":51.21629999999999682813722756691277027130126953125,"lon":7.63820000000000032258640203508548438549041748046875,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

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Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on August 15, 1911.

Lüdenscheid received city rights from Count Eberhard II of the Mark in 1288. The oldest seal dates from the early 14^th century and shows the same composition as the arms. The saint is the St. Medardus, patron saint of the city. The chequered fess is the arms of the Counts of the Mark. The city wall denotes the city rights.

The arms were granted in 1911 with a mural crown. The crown was again removed in 1961.

Image gallery

Seal from around 1900
The arms in an album from around 1905
The arms in an album from around 1910
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925
The arms in the Abadie albums
The arms in an album from around 1950
The arms in an album from 1968
The arms on a local tax stamp 1950s (?)
Postal cancellation

Literature : Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.

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