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Revision as of 14:49, 26 December 2022
AMT VERL
State : Nordrhein-Westfalen
District (Kreis) : Gütersloh (until 1972 Wiedenbrück)
Incorporated into : 1970 Verl
| German | blazon wanted |
| English | blazon wanted |
Origin/meaning
The arms were granted on June 24, 1938.
The diamonds in the escutcheon symbolise the 5 different municipalities in the Amt and the oak trees symbolise the many forests in the area. At the same time the oaks are a canting symbol, as the name is derived from Verlo, or four forests. The arms of Verl itself also showed the four trees.
To the Amt belonged:
Literature: Meijer, 1940