Brilon

BRILON

State : Nordrhein-Westfalen
District(Kreis) : Hochsauerlandkreis (until 1974 Brilon)
Additions : 1975 Alme, Altenbüren, Amt Thülen, Bontkirchen, Esshof, Hoppecke, Madfeld, Messinghausen, Nehden, Radlinghausen, Rixen, Rösenbeck, Scharfenberg, Thülen, Wülfte

Official blazon

German	blazon wanted
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on January 28, 1911 and confirmed on May 3, 1978.

Brilon became a city in 1220 and was a possession of the bishops op Köln (Cologne). The first seal, which dates from the early 13^th century, shows a city wall with in the gate the two crossed keys of St. Peter. St Peter was the patron saint of the diocese of Köln. In a seal from 1547 the present arms first appear. The arms show the cross, taken from the arms of the diocese of Köln, with one of the keys of St. Peter.

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  The municipal stamp shown in 1892

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  Seal from around 1900

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  The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925

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  Postal cancellation 1976

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  The arms on a special cancellation 1988

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  Postal cancellation 2008

Literature: Stadler, K. : Deutsche Wappen - Bundesrepublik Deutschland, 1964-1971.