Hamm

	HAMM Country : Germany State : Nordrhein-Westfalen District (Kreis) : Urban District (Kreisfreie Stadt) Additions: (to see click on expand) 1939 Mark 1968 Berge 1968 Westtünen 1968 Wiescherhöfen 1974 Bockum-Hövel 1934 Bockum 1934 Hövel 1974 Heessen 1974 Pelkum 1968 Herringen 1968 Lerche 1968 Sandbochum 1968 Weetfeld 1974 Rhynern 1968 Amt Rhynern (partly) 1968 Allen 1968 Freiske 1968 Hilbeck (1975 to Werl) 1968 Osterflierich 1968 Osttünnen 1968 Süddinker 1968 Wambeln 1974 Uentrop 1968 Braam-Ostwennemar (partly) 1968 Frielinghausen 1968 Haaren 1968 Norddinker 1968 Schmehausen 1968 Vöckinghausen 1968 Werries 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":51.680599999999998317434801720082759857177734375,"lon":7.81599999999999983657517077517695724964141845703125,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	In Gold einen in drei Reihen zu je sieben Feldern rot und silbern geschachten Balken.
English	Or a fess chequy Gules and Argent of three.

Origin/meaning

Hamm was founded in 1226 by Adolf I, Count of the Mark, and later became the capital of the County of Mark. In 1263 the village received city rights and from the same time dates the oldest seal. This seal shows a castle on a hill, on which the lion of the arms of the Counts of the Mark is placed. Around 1275 the arms of the Counts was changed to the chequered bar. The city subsequently started to use the new arms in its seals since 1297. The new arms became known as the 'small arms' of the city until 1875, when it became the official arms. The arms were reconfirmed in 1909 and 1934.

Between 1297 and 1875 the city also used the 'large arms', which were a combination of the old castle and lion on the left half of the shield and the bar in the right half.

Image gallery

The arms on a 1618 coin
The arms on a 1719 coin
The municipal stamp shown in 1892
Seal from around 1900
The arms in the Wappen-Sammlung (1900)
The arms in an album from around 1910
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925
The arms in the Emmerlinge album
The arms in the Abadie albums
The arms on a 1960s matchox label
The arms in an album from 1968

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.

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