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<center>''' {{uc:Ottenstein}} '''</center><br> | |||
'''Country''' : Germany [[File:germany.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br> | |||
'''State''' : [[Nordrhein-Westfalen]][[File:Nordrhei.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br> | |||
'''District (Kreis)''' : [[Borken (kreis)|Borken]][[File:Borken2.kreis.jpg|60 px|right]]<br>(until 1974 [[Ahaus (kreis)|Ahaus]])<br><br><br> | |||
'''Incorporated into''':<br> | |||
* 1974 [[Ahaus]] | |||
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| | | In Gold fünf eins zu zwei zu zwei gestellte waagerechte rote Rechtecke, von denen die unteren an die beiden Schildränder stoßen; dazwischen schwebend ein schwarzes "O". | ||
In Gold fünf eins zu zwei zu zwei gestellte waagerechte rote Rechtecke, von denen die unteren an die beiden Schildränder stoßen; dazwischen schwebend ein schwarzes "O". | |||
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The village developed around a castle built in 1316 by Otto of Ahaus. The only seal known of the village, dates from the 18<sup>th</sup> century. It shows the canting stones (Stein=stone) around the letter O, the initial of the village. The colours are known from an early 18<sup>th</sup> century stained glass window. Sometimes a helmet is used on the arms with as a crest two wings wing with a stone in between. | The village developed around a castle built in 1316 by Otto of Ahaus. The only seal known of the village, dates from the 18<sup>th</sup> century. It shows the canting stones (Stein=stone) around the letter O, the initial of the village. The colours are known from an early 18<sup>th</sup> century stained glass window. Sometimes a helmet is used on the arms with as a crest two wings wing with a stone in between. | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0> | |||
| | File:ottenstein.hagd.jpg|alt=Wappen von Ottenstein/Arms (crest) of Ottenstein|The arms by [[Otto Hupp|Hupp]] in the [[Kaffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925 | ||
</gallery> | |||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; Hupp, O: [[Kaffee Hag albums]], 1920s | |||
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[[Category:German Municipalities O]] | [[Category:German Municipalities O]] |
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