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Heraldry of the World Civic heraldry of Germany - Deutsche Wappen (Gemeindewappen/Kreiswappen) |
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KAMEN
State : Nordrhein-Westfalen
District (Kreis) : Unna
Additions : 1968 Amt Pelkum (partly), Amt Unna-Kamen (partly), Derne, Heeren-Werve, Methler (1967 Wasserkurl, Westick), Rottum
Official blazon
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on December 16, 1912.
Kamen received city rights in 1245 and the oldest seal is known from 1248. The seal showed a wheel below the chequered bar of the Counts of the Mark, who ruled the city at the time. The arms remained unchanged until the 17th century, when the wheel was placed above the bar.
 Seal of Kamen from 1336 |
 Seal from around 1900 |
 Seal from around 1900 |
 The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925 |
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Index of the site
Literature : Stadler, K. : Deutsche Wappen - Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Angelsachsen Verlag, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; Meyer, 1940.