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'''WALDECK (KB)''' 

State : [[Hessen]]<br/>
Incorporated into : 1972 [[Waldeck-Frankenberg]]

[[File:waldeck.kreis.jpg|center|alt=Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]]

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===Origin/meaning===

The arms were granted in 1929.

The arms show the arms of the Counts (later Dukes) of Waldeck. The arms are known since 1180, when the Counts of Schwalenberg acquired the Waldeck castle. 

[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|Literature]] : Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.

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[[Category:Kreiswappen]]
[[Category:Hessen]]
[[Category:Waldeck]]
[[Category:Granted 1929]]