Amt Duisdorf

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AMT DUISDORF

State : Nordrhein-Westfalen
District (Kreis) : Bonn
Incorporated into : 1969 Alfter, Bonn

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Official blazon

Unter silbernem Schildhaupt, darin ein durchgehendes schwarzes Balkenkreuz, in Blau ein silberner Rost aus fünf Stangen mit Ring.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on ??-??-1958.

The arms show in the upper half the cross of the State of Köln, and in the base a grill, the symbol of St. Lawrence, patron saint of the village of Lessenich.

The arms are presently used by the Hardtberg district of Bonn, to which a large part of the former amt belongs.

To the Amt belonged:

  • Alfter
  • Buschdorf
  • Duisdorf
  • Gielsdorf
  • Impekoven
  • Ippendorf
  • Lengsdorf
  • Lessenich
  • Oedekoven
  • Röttgen
  • Witterschlick

Literature : Nagel, R. : Rheinisches Wappenbuch, Köln, 1986.