Amt Netphen
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AMT NETPHEN
State : Nordrhein-Westfalen
District (Kreis) : Siegen)
Incorporated into : 1969 Netphen and smaller parts to Siegen and Wilnsdorf
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Origin/meaningThe arms of Amt Netphen were granted on August 17, 1937. The arms show in the basea black boar. The boar is taken from the old seal of Netphen-Irmgarteichen (known since 1467). The lion in the upper part of the new arms is the lion of <a href=n/nassau|Nassau]], as the area belonged to the County Nassau-Siegen. The lion of Nassau is also part of all the Ämter is the (former) district Siegen. To the Amt belonged:
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