Amt Bestwig

	AMT BESTWIG Country : Germany State : Nordrhein-Westfalen District (Kreis) : Meschede Incorporated into: 1975 Bestwig 1975 Meschede 1975 [[[Olsberg]] 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":51.3599999999999994315658113919198513031005859375,"lon":8.400999999999999801048033987171947956085205078125,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	In Silber ein grüner Wellenbalken, begleitet oben von vier, unten von drei grünen Kugeln.
English	blazon wanted

The arms were officially granted on January 26, 1962.

The green wavy bar symbolises the Ruhr river, which runs through the area. The seven balls refer to the seven municipalities in the Amt.

The following municipalities belonged to Amt Bestwig:

Literature: Belke et al, 1986

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