Hergarten

HERGARTEN

State: Nordrhein-Westfalen
District (Kreis): Düren (until 1971 Schleiden)
Incorporated into: 1969 Heimbach (Eifel)

Official blazon
German	Zwischen rotem Schildhaupt, darin ein linkshin gerichtetes golden-(gelb-)gegrifftes silbernes (weißes) Schwert und rotem Schuldfuß, darin eine linkshin gerichtete silberne (weiße) Zahnzange, in Silber (Weiß) eine grüngestielte und beblätterte fünfblättrige rote Rose mit goldenem (gelbem) Butzen und grünen Kelchblättern zwischen zwei schrägrechts bzw. schräglinks gestellten, grün gestielten und beblätterten roten Tulpen.
English	Between a chief gules, a hilted or sword argent sinister a terrace in base gules, pliers argent sinister, argent a stemmed vert and leafed five-petalled rose gules seeded or and leafed vert between two tulips gules bendy dexter and sinister stemmed and leafed vert.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on June 29, 1962.

With the garden flowers, it refers to the second part of the place name. The sword is an attribute of the parish patron St. Martin, the pliers that of the parish patron St. Apollonia from the district of Düttling.

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