Amt Netphen

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AMT NETPHEN

State : Nordrhein-Westfalen
District (Kreis) : Siegen)
Incorporated into : 1969 Netphen and smaller parts to Siegen and Wilnsdorf

Official blazon

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Origin/meaning

The arms of Amt Netphen were granted on August 17, 1937.

The arms show in the basea black boar. The boar is taken from the old seal of Netphen-Irmgarteichen (known since 1467). The lion in the upper part of the new arms is the lion of <a href=n/nassau|Nassau]], as the area belonged to the County Nassau-Siegen. The lion of Nassau is also part of all the Ämter is the (former) district Siegen.

To the Amt belonged:

• Afholderbach
• Anzhausen
• Beienbach
• Brauersdorf
• Breitenbach (1966 to Siegen)
• Deuz
• Dreis-Tiefenbach
• Eckmannshausen
• Eschenbach
• Feuersbach
• Flammersbach
• Frohnhausen
• Gernsdorf
• Grissenbach
• Hainchen
• Helgersdorf
• Herzhausen
• Irmgarteichen
• Nauholz
• Nenkersdorf
• Niedernetphen
• Niedersetzen (1966 to Hüttental)
• Obernau
• Obernetphen
• Obersetzen (1966 to Hüttental)
• Oelgershausen
• Rudersdorf
• Salchendorf
• Sohlbach
• Unglinghausen
• Walpersdorf
• Werthenbach

Literature: Meijer, 1940.