Stockum (Sundern)

	STOCKUM Country : Germany State : Nordrhein-Westfalen District (Kreis) : Hochsauerlandkreis (until 1975 Arnsberg) Amt : Sundern Incorporated into: 1975 Sundern 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":51.29440000000000310365066980011761188507080078125,"lon":7.9840999999999997527311279554851353168487548828125,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	Von Schwarz und Silber gespalten, vorn eine goldene Krone über einem aufgerichteten goldenen Schwert, hinten ein durchgehendes schwarzes Kreuz.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on April 21, 1961.

The sword and cross symbolise the local patron saint, St. Pancratius. The left half shows the black cross of the State of Köln, to which the area historically belonged.

Literature: Belke et al., 1986

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