Amt Rhynern
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AMT RHYNERN
State : Nordrhein-Westfalen
District (Kreis) : Unna
Incorporated into : 1968 Bönen, Hamm, Rhynern (1974 Hamm), Werl
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on November 30, 1936.
The axe in the arms is derived from a seal from 1411 from a judge of the court of Rhynern. The banner is the banner of the Counts of the Mark, to which the area historically belonged.
To the Amt belonged:
- Allen (1968 to Rhynern)
- Berge (1968 to Hamm)
- Bramey-Lenningsen (1968 to Bönen)
- Flierich (1968 to Bönen)
- Freiske (1968 to Rhynern)
- Hilbeck (1968 to Rhynern)
- Osterflierich (1968 to Rhynern)
- Osttünnen (1968 to Rhynern)
- Rhynern
- Sönnern (1968 to Werl)
- Süddinker (1968 to Rhynern)
- Wambeln (1968 to Rhynern)
- Westtünnen (1968 to Hamm)
Literature : Meyer, 1940