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''' WESSUM'''

State : [[Nordrhein-Westfalen]]<br/>
District (Kreis) : [[Borken (kreis)|Borken]] (until 1974 [[Ahaus (kreis)|Ahaus]])<br/>
Incorporated into : 1974 [[Ahaus]]

[[File:Wessum.jpg|center|Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}]]

===Official blazon=== 

===Origin/meaning===
The arms show the local chapel, a protected Gothic chapel devoted to the suffering of Christ. The colours are those of the State of Münster, to which the area historically belonged.

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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|Literature]] : 

[[File:Germany.jpg|50 px|link=Germany]][[Category:German Municipalities W]]
[[File:nordrhei.jpg|50 px]][[Category:Nordrhein-Westfalen]]
[[Category:Borken]]
[[Category:Ahaus]]