Amt Herford-Hiddenhausen

AMT HERFORD-HIDDENHAUSEN

State : Nordrhein-Westfalen
District (Kreis) : Herford
Incorporated into : 1969 Bünde, Herford, Hiddenhausen

Official blazon

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Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted in 1939.

The arms show a so-called Keulenwinkelkreuz, a solar-symbol and used ofen on farmhouses in the region.The colours are those of the Ravensberg County, to which the area historically belonged.

To the Amt belonged:

• Bermbeck
• Bustedt
• Diebrock
• Eickum
• Eilshausen
• Elverdissen
• Falkendiek
• Hiddenhausen
• Laar
• Lippinghausen
• Oetinghausen
• Schwarzenmoor
• Schweicheln
• Stedefreund
• Sundern

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