Amt Brackwede

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AMT BRACKWEDE

State : Nordrhein-Westfalen
District (Kreis) : Bielefeld
Incorporated into : 1973 Bielefeld, Gütersloh

Official blazon

German

Origin/meaning The arms were officially granted on October 31, 1936. The red chevron is derived from the arms of the former Ravensberg County, to which the region belonged. The base is canting, Brackwede means "Forest near water". The hills represent the hills of the Teutoburger Wald. To the Amt belonged : Ebbesloh Hollen Holtkamp Isselhorst Niehorst Quelle Senne I Senne II (1965 Sennestadt) Ummeln Contact and Support Contact Facebook Instagram Donate with Paypal Donate with WhyDonate eBay shop Rare heraldic book downloads Partners: Meijerink heraldic bookshop Webaldic heraldic identifying programme Nederlands Genootschap voor Heraldiek Armorial de France Homunculus / Heraldicum Disputationes De Raaf heraldic design Your logo here ? Contact us © since 1995, Heraldry of the World, Ralf Hartemink Index of the site Literature :