Niederaden
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NIEDERADEN
State : Nordrhein-Westfalen
District (Kreis) : Unna (until 1969 Hamm)
Amt : Amt Kamen
Incorporated into : 1969 Lünen
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on March 1, 1939.
The arms show in the base the checquered bar of the arms of the Counts of the Mark, to which the area historically belonged. The upper half shows the tower of the Oberfelde Estate, a typical landmark in the village.
Literature : Meyer, 1940