Amt Keppel

	AMT KEPPEL Country : Germany State : Nordrhein-Westfalen District (Kreis) : Siegen-Wittgenstein (until 1974 Siegen) Incorporated into: 1969 Hilchenbach Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":50.94449999999999789679350215010344982147216796875,"lon":8.076299999999999812416717759333550930023193359375,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	Schild in blau und gold geteilt; im kleineren oberen Felde hervorbrechend ein goldener rotbewehrter Löwe, begleitet von sieben goldenen Schindeln, im unteren aus dem Schildfuß wachsend ein blauer Kirchenchor mit spitzem Dach.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on August 17, 1937.

The arms show in the base the choir of the large Abbey of Keppel, founded in the 13^th century. The Amt is named after the Abbey. 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.

The following municipalities belonged to the Amt Keppel:

Allenbach (1930 Haarhausen)
Dahlbruch
Grund
Hadem
Helberhausen
Lützel
Müsen
Oberndorf
Oechelhausen
Ruckersfeld
Vormwald

Literature: Meijer, 1940.

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