Amt Brackwede

AMT BRACKWEDE Country : Germany State : Nordrhein-Westfalen District (Kreis) : Bielefeld Incorporated into: 1973 Bielefeld, Gütersloh 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":51.93333299999999752571966382674872875213623046875,"lon":8.5,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon

German	In silbernem Schilde ein roter, mit einem silbernen Wellenbalken belegter Dreiberg, darauf drei grüne Bäume, über ihnen ein roter Sparren.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on October 31, 1936.

The red chevron is derived from the arms of the former Ravensberg County, to which the region belonged. The base is canting, Brackwede means "Forest near water". The hills represent the hills of the Teutoburger Wald.

To the Amt belonged:

• Ebbesloh
• Hollen
• Holtkamp
• Isselhorst
• Niehorst
• Quelle
• Senne I
• Senne II (1965 Sennestadt)
• Ummeln

Heraldic Bibliography:

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