Amt Hemer
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AMT HEMER
State : Nordrhein-Westfalen
District (Kreis) : Iserlohn
Incorporated into : 1975 Hemer
Origin/meaning
The arms were granted on January 15, 1935.
The arms show the chewuered bar of the arms of the Counts of the Mark. The area historically belonged to the County of the Mark. The three wolf-hooks are derived from the arms of the Brabeck family (see also Gladbeck), who lived for many centuries in the local castle.
Literature :Meyer, 1940