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STUCKENBROCK

State : Nordrhein-Westfalen
District (Kreis) : Gütersloh (until 1972 Paderborn)
Incorporated into : 1970 Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock

Official blazon

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted in 1953.

The red cross is taken from the arms of the former Diocese and State of Paderborn. The lower half shows a tree trunk, a canting symbol (Stubbe or Stuke is local dialect for tree trunk), on a green field symbolising the moorlands.