Amt Freudenberg
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AMT FREUDENBERG
State : Nordrhein-Westfalen
District (Kreis) : Siegen)
Incorporated into : 1969 Freudenberg
Origin/meaning
The arms of Amt Freudenberg were granted on August 17, 1937.
The arms show in the base the castle, taken from the arms of the city of Freudenberg. The lion in the upper part of the new arms is the lion of Nassau, as the area belonged to the County Nassau-Siegen. The lion of Nassau is also part of all the Ämter is the (former) district Siegen.
To the Amt Freudenberg belonged :
- Alchen
- Bottenberg
- Bühl
- Büschergrund
- Dirlenbach
- Freudenberg
- Heisberg
- Hohenhain
- Langenholdinghausen
- Lindenberg
- Mausbach
- Meiswinkel
- Mittelhees
- Niederheuslingen
- Niederholzklau
- Niederndorf
- Oberfischbach
- Oberhees
- Oberheuslingen
- Oberholzklau
- Oberschelden
- Plittershagen
Literature : Meijer, 1940.