Amt Kirchhundem

	AMT KIRCHHUNDEM Country: Germany State:Nordrhein-Westfalen District (Kreis):Olpe Incorporated into: 1969 Kirchhundem 1969 Lennestadt Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":51.09420000000000072759576141834259033203125,"lon":8.0861999999999998323119143606163561344146728515625,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	In Schwarz zwei goldene fünfendige, unten gekreuzte Hirschstangen, umgeben von neun goldenen Schindeln, zwischen den Stangen aufrechtstehend eine goldene Wolfsangel.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on March 18, 1938.

The small bars in the arms are derived from the medieval Knights of Hundem. The two deer antlers are a symbol of the many deer in the forests. The hook is a local farming symbol and symbolised the agricultural character of the area.

Image gallery

The arms as seen in the Adolfsburg castle
(image Klaas Padberg Everboer)

The following municipalities belonged to Amt Kirchhundem:

Heinsberg
Kirchhundem
Kohlhagen
Lenne
Oberhundem
Saalhausen

Literature:Belke et al, 1986

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