Unna

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UNNA

State : Nordrhein-Westfalen
District (Kreis) : Unna
Additions : 1968 Amt Fröndenberg (partly, Amt Unna-Kamen (partly), Afferde, Billmerich, Hemmerde, Kessebüren, Lünern, Massen (1911 Niedermassen, Obermassen), Mühlhausen, Siddinghausen, Stockum, Uelzen, Westhemmerde

Official blazon

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Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on November 13, 1967.

Unna received city rights in 1280 from the Counts of Mark. The first seal dates from the same time and already shows the city wall with two banners with the chequered bar of the Counts of Mark. The arms were derived from this seal and have never been really changed, except for the colour of the roofs, which was blue until 1967, when the arms were officially confirmed.

The seal of Unna from the 14th century

Seal from around 1900	Seal from around 1900
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925	The arms in the Abadie albums
The arms as shown in 1940 by Meijer