Fahrenkrug

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FAHRENKRUG

State : Schleswig-Holstein
District (Kreis) : Segeberg
Amt : Amt Trave-Land (until 2006 Amt Segeberg-Land)

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Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on December 16, 1985.

The arms are canting, the ferns refer to the Fa(h)ren (Farn=fern) part of the name, whereas the base refers to the -Krug part. Krug is an old word for corner or hollow in a landscape.

Literature : http://www.schleswig-holstein.de/LA/DE/06Wappenlandschaft/0604Wappenrolle/0604Wappenrolle_node.html