Lüdinghausen

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LÜDINGHAUSEN

State : Nordrhein-Westfalen
District (Kreis) : Coesfeld (until 1974 Lüdinghausen)
Additions : 1969 Lüdinghausen-Land; 1975 Seppenrade


Wappen von Lüdinghausen/Arms (crest) of Lüdinghausen
Official blazon
German *(1909) In Gold eine rote Glocke.
  • (1975) In Gold eine rote Glocke, links oben begleitet von einem roten Ammoniten.
English blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The present arms were granted in 1982 and combine the bell from the previous arms (see below) with the ammonite taken from the arms of Seppenrade.

The bell is a canting symbol, in the North-German dialect lüden is to sound a bell. The name of the city, however, has nothing to do with lüden or bells.
There are a few other stories for the origin of the bell. One is the story that when the corpse of St. Liudgerus in the 10th century arrived in Lüdinghausen, the local church bells started to sound on their own accord.

Lüdinghausen was founded in the 13th century and received city rights around 1308. The oldest existing seal dates from the end of the 14th century and shows already the bell. The bell also appeared on the seal of the 13th century Knights of Lüdinghausen. All later seals showed the same composition.

In the 18th century a helmet with a bell between wings was used as a crest. On December 8, 1909 the arms were officially granted, without the helmet but with a mural crown, which was used until the merger with Seppenrade in 1975.

Wappen von Lüdinghausen

The seal from 1406
Siegel von Lüdinghausen

The municipal stamp shown in 1892
Wappen von Lüdinghausen

The arms from 1909
Wappen von Lüdinghausen

The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925





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Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; Leaflet: Die Wappen im Kreis Coesfeld, provided by Kreis Coesfeld, 1999; Meijer, 1940