Amt Olpe

AMT OLPE Country : Germany State : Nordrhein-Westfalen District (Kreis) : Olpe Incorporated into: 1969 Olpe 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":51.03659999999999996589394868351519107818603515625,"lon":7.887100000000000221689333557151257991790771484375,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon

German	In Schwarz der stehende St. Martin im silbernen Bischofsgewand, in der Linken einen Bischofsstab haltend, mit der Rechten einem silbernen knienden Bettler eine Gabe reichend.
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Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on January 31, 1957.

The arms show the patron saint of the church in Olpe, Saint Martin of Tours. The villages in the Amt were historically dependent on the Olpe parish. The arms are based on the seals of the parish from 1669 and 1674.

The following municipalities belonged to Amt Olpe:

• Kleusheim
  
• Olpe (until 1858)
  
• Olpe-Land
  
• Rhode
  

Literature: Veddeler, 1991

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