Sötenich

	SÖTENICH Country : Germany State : Nordrhein-Westfalen District (Kreis) : Euskirchen (until 1972 Schleiden) Incorporated into: 1969 Kall 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":50.5244900000000001227817847393453121185302734375,"lon":6.5571900000000002961542122648097574710845947265625,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	In Rot über goldenem Dreiberg ein schräggestelltes silbernes Beil goldenem Stil.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted in 1956.

The three mountains indicate Sötenich's location as a mountain village; the axe is an attribute of the parish patron, St. Matthias the Apostle, who was beheaded with an axe; the color red represents his martyrdom.

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