Attendorn

ATTENDORN

State : Nordrhein-Westfalen
District (Kreis) : Olpe
Amt : Attendorn (until 1969)
Additions : 1969 Attendorn-Land, Helden

Official blazon
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Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on October 7, 1910 and confirmed on August 12, 1970.

The town got city rights in 1222 by bishop Engelbert of Köln (Cologne). The first seal of the city showed the patron saint of the diocese, St. Peter, with a crescent next to his head. The crescent may be the symbol of St. John Baptist, the local parish saint. Later seals show St. Peter sitting on a throne, sometimes with a shield with the arms of the diocese (black cross) at his feet. In the 15^th century the crescent is placed in the first quarter of the shield.

The seal of Attendorn from 1450	The arms on a municipal stamp (1892)
Seal from around 1900	Seal from around 1900
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925

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Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; Belke et al., 1986