Amt Weidenau
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Heraldry of the World Civic heraldry of Germany - Deutsche Wappen (Gemeindewappen/Kreiswappen) |
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AMT WEIDENAU
State : Nordrhein-Westfalen
District (Kreis) : Siegen)
Incorporated into : 1966 Hüttental (1975 Siegen)
Origin/meaning
The arms of Amt Weidenau were granted on August 17, 1937.
The arms show in the base three linden trees, derived from the old seal of the local court, which covererd basically the same area as the Amt. The lion in the upper part of the new arms is the lion of 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:
- Achenbach (1937 tp Siegen)
- Birlenbach
- Bürbach
- Buschgotthardshütten (1937 to Siegen und Weidenau)
- Dillnhütten
- Kaan-Marienborn
- Klafeld/Geisweid
- Seelbach
- Sohlbach
- Trupbach
- Volnsberg
- Weidenau
Literature : Meijer, 1940.