Amt Heepen

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AMT HEEPEN

State : Nordrhein-Westfalen
District (Kreis) : Bielefeld
Incorporated into : 1973 Bielefeld

Official blazon

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Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on ??-??-1949.

The red chevrons are derived from the arms of the former Ravensberg County, to which the region belonged. The sheet of paper refers to the paper manufacturing.

To the Amt belonged:

• Altenhagen
• Brake
• Brönninghausen
• Heepen
• Hillegossen
• Lämershagen-Gräfinghagen
• Milse
• Oldentrup
• Ubbedissen

Literature: Image from Klaus-Michael Schneider