Castrop-Rauxel

	CASTROP-RAUXEL Country : Germany State : Nordrhein-Westfalen District (Kreis) : Recklinghausen (until 1972 a free urban district) Additions: (to see click on expand) 1926 Amt Bladenhorst 1926 Amt Rauxel 1926 Bladenhorst 1926 Bövinghausen 1926 Castrop 1902 Behringhausen 1902 Obercastrop 1926 Frohlinde 1926 Habinghorst 1926 Merklinde 1926 Pöppinghausen 1926 Rauxel 1928 Deininghausen 1975 Henrichenburg 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":51.56439999999999912461134954355657100677490234375,"lon":7.309599999999999653255144949071109294891357421875,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	In blauem Schilde ein goldenes Andreaskreuz in Form eines doppelten Fadenkreuzes, der rechtsgehende Balken über dem linken liegend.
English	blazon wanted

The arms were officially granted on November 24, 1926.

The arms are those of Castrop, see there. The mural crown on the old arms was used until the late 1960s.

The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925
The arms in the Abadie albums
The arms in an album from around 1931
The arms in the Deutsche Städtewappen - Saarlautener Zigarettenfabriken album from 1936
The arms in an album from around 1950
The arms in an album from 1968
Postal cancellation 1928

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.

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