Wehrden: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Knorrepoes (talk | contribs) m (Text replacement - "{{de1}}" to "{{de}}") |
Knorrepoes (talk | contribs) m (Text replacement - "===Origin/meaning===↵↵The" to "===Origin/meaning=== The") Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
||
| Line 20: | Line 20: | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms were officially adopted on ? | The arms were officially adopted on ? | ||
Revision as of 10:47, 4 August 2023
WEHRDEN
State : Nordrhein-Westfalen
District (Kreis) : Höxter
Incorporated into : 1970 Beverungen
| German | blazon wanted |
| English | blazon wanted |
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially adopted on ?
The shield division is taken from the arms of the Corvey Abbey, to which most of the area belonged for many centuries. The crosier also refers to Corvey and the cornflower is a very common flower in the fields of the village.
The wolf is taken from the arms of the Bishop of Paderborn, Franz Arnold von Wolff-Metternich zur Gracht, who had a number of estates in the area.
The wavy bar in the lower half symbolises the Weser river.
This page is part of the  |
 |
|
German heraldry:
|
Selected collector's items from Germany:
|