Büren (Westfalen)

	BÜREN Country : Germany State : Nordrhein-Westfalen District (Kreis) : Paderborn (until 1974 Büren) Additions: (to see click on expand) 1975 Amt Büren-Land 1975 Ahden 1975 Barkhausen 1975 Brenken 1975 Eickhoff 1975 Hardt 1975 Hegensdorf 1975 Siddinghausen 1975 Steinhausen 1975 Weiberg 1975 Weine 1975 Wewelsburg 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":51.55120000000000146656020660884678363800048828125,"lon":8.5599000000000007304379323613829910755157470703125,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	In rot auf einem grünen Dreiberg eine silberne Burg mit drei Zinnentürmen; unter dem breiten Mittelturm in einem offenen Torbogen ein silberner Schild mit einem roten Rautensparren.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on September 2, 1908 and again on January 16, 1976.

The arms show a city with in the gate the arms of the Lords of Büren, who granted the city rights in 1195. The oldest known seal dates from 1299, which already showed the image of the present arms, the castle on a small hill with the family arms.

The arms are based on the oldest seal. Later rolls of arms only showed the arms of the family as the city arms, not the castle. The family ruled over the city until 1661.

Image gallery

The arms in the Paderborner Wappensammlung (around 1780)
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; Hupp, O:Kaffee Hag albums, 1920s

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