Menden

	MENDEN Country : Germany State : Nordrhein-Westfalen District (Kreis) : Märkischer Kreis (until 1975 Iserlohn) Amt: Amt Menden (until 1975) Additions: 1975 Amt Menden 1975 Bösperde 1975 Halingen 1975 Lendringsen 1975 Oesbern 1975 Schwitten 1975 Sümmern (partly) 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":51.437399999999996680344338528811931610107421875,"lon":7.78910000000000035669245335157029330730438232421875,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

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Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on June 16, 1911 and confirmed on December 2nd, 1975.

The tower already appears on the oldest known seal of the city, dating from the late 13^th century. The typical shape of the tower was unchanged during the centuries.

The present arms were granted in 1911 in the colours of Preussen (or Köln, as the city belonged from the 13^th century until 1803 to Köln, and until 1945 to Preussen), black and white, but in 1700 the colours were mentioned as gold in red.

Image gallery

The seal of Menden from 1316
The municipal stamp shown in 1892
Seal from around 1900
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; Belke et al., 1986

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