Amt Ferndorf

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AMT FERNDORF

State : Nordrhein-Westfalen
District (Kreis) : Siegen)
Incorporated into : 1966 Hüttental, Kreuztal

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:

• Bockenbach (1960 to Eichen)
• Buchen
• Burgholdinghausen
• Buschhütten
• Eichen
• Fellinghausen
• Ferndorf
• Kredenbach
• Kreuztal
• Krombach
• Littfeld
• Osthelden
• Stendenbach (1960 to Eichen)

Literature : Meijer, 1940.