Oberkirchen (Schmallenberg)

	OBERKIRCHEN Country : Germany State : Nordrhein-Westfalen District (Kreis) : Hochsauerlandkreis (until 1975 Meschede) Amt: Schmallenberg (until 1975) Incorporated into: 1975 Schmallenberg Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":51.15780000000000171667124959640204906463623046875,"lon":8.3728999999999995651478457148186862468719482421875,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	Von Blau und Gold quadriert; im ersten und vierten Feld ein silbernes schwebendes Pfennigkreuz aus sechs Pfennigen zwischen einem silbernen Zwölfender-Hirschgeweih, im zweiten und dritten Feld zwei rote Balken.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on July 8, 1949.

The arms refer to the Abbey of Grafschaft, to which the area historically belonged. The quarters show the arms of the different families that ruled the area for the abbey; the first and fourth show the arms of the Counts of Dassel and the second and third the arms of the Lords of Fürstenberg.

Heraldic Bibliography: Belke et al., 1986

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