Amt Lüdenscheid

AMT LÜDENSCHEID

State : Nordrhein-Westfalen
District (Kreis) : Altena)
Incorporated into: 1969 Lüdenscheid

Official blazon
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Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on June 8, 1936.

The arms show the bar taken from the arms of the Counts of the Mark, who ruled the area in the medieval times. The rings in the upper half are taken from the arms of the Lords Von Neuhoff, who had their estate in the area.The rings are also part of the municipality of Lüdenscheid-Land. The holly leaves are taken from the arms of Hülscheid.

To the Amt belonged :

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