Amt Sankt Mauritz

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AMT SANKT MAURITZ

State : Nordrhein-Westfalen
Urban District (Stadtkreis) : Münster
Incorporated into : 1975 Münster

Official blazon

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Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted in 1965.

The arms show the five wheatears as a symbol for agriculture and the five villages in the Amt (the four municipalities and the village of Überwasser).

To the Amt belonged:

• Amelsbüren
• Handorf
• Hiltrup
• Sankt Mauritz

The arms on a cover

Literature: image from Wikipedia