Ahlen

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AHLEN

State : Nordrhein-Westfalen
District (Kreis) : Warendorf (until 1974 Beckum)
Additions : 1969 Amt Ahlen, Altahlen, Dolberg, Neuahlen; 1975 Vorhelm

Official blazon

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on December 17, 1910.

Ahlen got city rights in the early 13^th century and was part of the Amt Wolbeck of the Oberstift of Münster.

The oldest seal shows the canting eel (Aal) in a city gate, over which stands St. Bartholomew, the town's patron saint. From the end of the 17^th century only the eel was used, both on the seals as the arms of the city.