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The arms were adopted in 1973.The four silver diamonds refer to the four former municipalities. The ring refers to the arms of the State of [[osnabrucOsnabrück]], which showed a black wheel, and to which ithe area hostorically belonged. The ring is also a canting symbol, a walled village (Wallenhorst). The four diamonds also create a gree cross inside the ring. This cross refers to the Saxon wars and the conversion to Christianity in the early Middle Age. Green is the colour of the local nature. | The arms were adopted in 1973.The four silver diamonds refer to the four former municipalities. The ring refers to the arms of the State of [[osnabrucOsnabrück]], which showed a black wheel, and to which ithe area hostorically belonged. The ring is also a canting symbol, a walled village (Wallenhorst). The four diamonds also create a gree cross inside the ring. This cross refers to the Saxon wars and the conversion to Christianity in the early Middle Age. Green is the colour of the local nature. | ||