Amt Halver

AMT HALVER Country : Germany State : Nordrhein-Westfalen District (Kreis) : Altena Incorporated into: 1969 Halver 1969 Schalksmühle 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":51.2169999999999987494447850622236728668212890625,"lon":7.51320000000000032258640203508548438549041748046875,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon

German	In goldenem Schilde ein dreireihig rot-silbern geschachter Balken, darüber ein dreigeteilter, das ganze Feld bedeckender Lindenzweig, darunter aus dem Schildfuß wachsend ein halbes schwarzes Schaufelrad.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on March 29, 1935.

The arms show the bar taken from the arms of the Counts of the Mark, who ruled the area in the medieval times. The linden branch is taken from the arms of the village of Halver, the water-mill wheel is taken from the arms of Schalksmühle.

To the Amt belonged:

• Halver
• Schalksmühle

Literature: Meijer, 1940

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