Ohle

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OHLE

State : Nordrhein-Westfalen
District (Kreis) : Märkischer Kreis (until 1969 Lüdenscheid)
Amt : Amt Neuenrade
Incorporated into: 1941 [Plettenberg]]

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on October 17, 1938.

The arms show St. Martin and the bettler, the local patron saint. The small shield with the shell is the arms of the locally important Von Ohle family, who had their home in the village until the 18^th century.

Literature : Meijer, 1940