Schmallenberg

	SCHMALLENBERG Country : Germany State : Nordrhein-Westfalen District (Kreis) : Hochsauerlandkreis (until 1975 Meschede) Amt: Schmallenberg (until 1975) Additions: 1975 Berghausen 1975 Bödefeld 1975 Bödefeld-Land 1975 Dorlar 1975 Fleckenberg 1975 Fredeburg 1975 Grafschaft 1975 Lenne (partly) 1975 Oberkirchen 1975 Rarbach 1975 Wormbach 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":51.152299999999996771293808706104755401611328125,"lon":8.2837999999999993860910763032734394073486328125,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	Silber eine rote Burg mit zwei Zinnentürmen und einem Tor, dessen Giebel in einer Lilie endet. In der Toröffnung findet sich ein aufrechter schwarzer Schlüssel.
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Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on December 16, 1909 and again on November 25, 1975.

The arms were officially granted in 1909, but date from the 14^th century. Schmallenberg received city rights in the early 13^th century from the Archbishop of Köln. The oldest known seal dates from 1243 and shows a castle with a banner. In late 13^th century the present composition appears on coins, followed in the early 14^th century on seals.

The arms show a city gate with in the gate a key, the symbol of St. Peter and the State of Köln. St. Peter is the patron saint of Köln. The actual shape of the gate has changed considerably during the centuries. The arms as granted in 1909 show the composition as used on the local seal from 1344.

Image gallery

The arms in the Arnsberger Wappensammlung, 1700
Seal from around 1900
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; Belke, 1986

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