Amt Westhofen
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AMT WESTHOFEN
State : Nordrhein-Westfalen
District (Kreis) : Unna (until 1975 Iserlohn)
Incorporated into : 1975 Schwerte
Origin/meaning
The arms were granted on March 7, 1936.
The arms show the chequered bar of the Counts of the Mark, as the area historically belonged to the County Mark. The eagle in the upper half is taken from the arms of the city of Westhofen.
To the amt belonged:
- Garenfeld
- Geisecke
- Holzen
- Lichtendorf
- Wandhofen
- Westhofen
- Villigst
Literature: Meyer, 1940