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'''AMT WESTHOFEN''' | '''AMT WESTHOFEN''' | ||
State : [[Nordrhein-Westfalen]]<br/> | State : [[Nordrhein-Westfalen]]<br/> | ||
District (Kreis) : [[Unna (kreis)|Unna]] (until 1975 [[Iserlohn (kreis)|Iserlohn]])<br/> | District (Kreis) : [[Unna (kreis)|Unna]] (until 1975 [[Iserlohn (kreis)|Iserlohn]])<br/> | ||
Incorporated into : 1975 [[Schwerte]] | Incorporated into: 1975 [[Schwerte]] | ||
[[File:westhofen.amt.jpg|center|alt=Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted on March 7, 1936. | The arms were granted on March 7, 1936. | ||
The arms show the chequered bar of the Counts of the Mark, as the area historically belonged to the County Mark. The eagle in the upper half is taken from the arms of the city of [[Westhofen (Schwerte)|Westhofen]]. | The arms show the chequered bar of the Counts of the Mark, as the area historically belonged to the [[County of Mark]]. The eagle in the upper half is taken from the arms of the city of [[Westhofen (Schwerte)|Westhofen]]. | ||
To the amt belonged: | To the amt belonged: | ||
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*Lichtendorf | *Lichtendorf | ||
*Wandhofen | *Wandhofen | ||
*[[Westhofen (Schwerte)|Westhofen]] | * [[Westhofen (Schwerte)|Westhofen]] | ||
*Villigst | *Villigst | ||
[[Literature]]: Meyer, 1940 | |||
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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|Literature]]: Meyer, 1940 | |||
[[Category:German Ämter, Samtgemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden and Grossgemeinden]] | [[Category:German Ämter, Samtgemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden and Grossgemeinden]] | ||
Revision as of 09:47, 28 January 2024
AMT WESTHOFEN
State : Nordrhein-Westfalen
District (Kreis) : Unna (until 1975 Iserlohn)
Incorporated into: 1975 Schwerte
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Origin/meaning
The arms were granted on March 7, 1936.
The arms show the chequered bar of the Counts of the Mark, as the area historically belonged to the County of Mark. The eagle in the upper half is taken from the arms of the city of Westhofen.
To the amt belonged:
- Garenfeld
- Geisecke
- Holzen
- Lichtendorf
- Wandhofen
- Westhofen
- Villigst
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Literature: Meyer, 1940