Gummersbach

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GUMMERSBACH

State : Nordrhein-Westfalen
District (Kreis) : Oberbergischer Kreis
Additions : 1969 Gimborn, Lieberhausen

Official blazon

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on July 27, 1892.

Gummersbach developed rapidly from a small village to a large city during the early 19^th century, due to the metal and textile industry. The right part of the arms thus show a spindle as a symbol for the textile industry. The left part shows the arms of the Counts of the Mark, as the area belonged to the Mark since 1287.