Sterkrade

STERKRADE

State : Nordrhein-Westfalen
Urban District (Kreisfreie Stadt) : Oberhausen
Additions : 1909 Buschhausen; 1917 Holten, Schmachtendorf
Incorporated into : 1929 Oberhausen

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on June 4, 1919.

The arms are based on the arms of the Abbess Anna Katharina von Nunnum-Düker of the Sterkrade Convent. The arms combine the arms of the Von Düker family with the arms with the raven of the Von Hounpel family (from whom she descended).

Seal from around 1900

The arms in the Abadie albums

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