Hohenlimburg

	HOHENLIMBURG Country : Germany State : Nordrhein-Westfalen District (Kreis) : Hagen (until 1975 Iserlohn) Incorporated into: 1975 Hagen 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":51.34989999999999810142981004901230335235595703125,"lon":7.56569999999999964757080306299030780792236328125,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	In silber ein roter Löwe mit blauer Bewehrung.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on September 29, 1911 and are based on the seal used in the 19^th century. Older seals and arms were not known. The arms show the lion of the Counts of Limburg, from which the name of the castle, and later the town, is derived.

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Seal from around 1900
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.

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