Belecke
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Country : Germany  State : Nordrhein-Westfalen  District (Kreis) : Soest  (until 1975 Arnsberg) Incorporated into:
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| German | In Silber wachsend das Brustbild des rotgekleideten hl. Pankratius mit blauem Mantel, goldenem Nimbus und grünem Lorbeerkranz auf dem Haupt, mit der Rechten ein gesenktes silbernes Schwert mit goldenem Griff haltend. |
| English | blazon wanted |
Origin/meaning
The arms were granted on January 8, 1912 by King Wilhelm II.
The arms show St. Pancratius, the patron saint of the city. The saint already appears in the oldest seal of the city, known since the 14th century.
All later seals have shown the same image. In the early 18th century the seals were not very clear, and the arms appeared in some rolls of arms as a female torso, instead of the saint.
Image gallery
The seal of Belecke from 1401.
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925
Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; Belke et al., 1986
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