Hohenlimburg

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HOHENLIMBURG

State : Nordrhein-Westfalen
District (Kreis) : Hagen (until 1975 Iserlohn)
Incorporated into : 1975 Hagen

Official blazon

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Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on September 29, 1911 and are based on the seal used in the 19^th century. Older seals and arms were not known. The arms show the lion of the Counts of Limburg, from which the name of the castle, and later the town, is derived.