Gruiten

GRUITEN

State : Nordrhein-Westfalen
District (Kreis) : Mettmann
Incorporated into : 1974 Haan

The arms were officially granted on ??-??-1937.

The arms show a mountain and a pick-axe. The arms symbolise the chalk mining in the area since medieval times.

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Literature: Gappa, 1999.