Amt Ferndorf

	AMT FERNDORF Country : Germany State : Nordrhein-Westfalen District (Kreis) : Siegen Incorporated into: 1966 Hüttental 1966 Kreuztal 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":50.97440999999999888814272708259522914886474609375,"lon":7.9950799999999997424993125605396926403045654296875,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	Schild von blau und gold geteilt; im kleineren oberen Feld hervorbrechend ein goldener rotbewehrter, von sieben Schindeln begleiteter Löwe, im unteren ein blaues liegendes Hifthorn.
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Origin/meaning

The arms of Amt Ferndorf were granted on August 17, 1937.

The arms show a horn, which was the symbol used on the medieval seal of Ferndorf and Krombach, known since 1470. The horn was also used in the arms of Ferndorf. The lion in the upper part of the new arms is the lion of 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:

Literature: Meijer, 1940.

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