Welper

WELPER

State : Nordrhein-Westfalen
District (Kreis) : Ennepe-Ruhr Kreis
Incorporated into : 1966 Blankenstein (1970 Hattingen (Ruhr))

Official blazon

German	In Silber ein blauer linksgerichteter Hüttenarbeiter in Schutzkleidung mit Kapuze, goldenen Hand- und Holzschuhen, das Gesicht fleischfarben, in den Händen eine blaue Probenkelle mit rotem Inhalt.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted in 1957.

The arms show a worker in a steel factory, here the Henrichshütte factory, founded in 1855 in Welper (closed between 1986 and 2004).

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