Amt Harperscheid

	AMT HARPERSCHEID Country : Germany State : Nordrhein-Westfalen District (Kreis) : Schleiden Incorporated into: 1972 Schleiden 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":50.523290000000002919477992691099643707275390625,"lon":6.4123900000000002563638190622441470623016357421875,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	Geteilt von Blau und Silber; oben fünf 3:2 gestellte goldene Lilien; unten ein schwarzes Zahnrad überdeckt von einer mit der Schneide nach oben gekehrten links schrägen blauen Sense.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted in May 1965

The five fleur-de-lys symbolize the five municipalities of Broich, Bronsfeld, Harperscheid, Oberhausen, and Schöneseiffen. The scythe represents agriculture, and the cogwheel represents industry. The color blue is the color of the medieval Counts of Schleiden.

The amt first applied for arms to the heraldic artist Joseph Decku from Bonn in 1963. Hist hirst design consisted of symbols for agriculture and industry, with the blue for the Counts of Schleiden. These were placed in the shape of a letter H, the initial of the Amt, see below.

The second design had the same elements as the final arms, but in a different composition. After some discussion with the State Archives the final design was made and granted in 1965.

Image gallery

First design
Second design

To the Amt Harperscheid belonged:

Broich
Bronsfeld
Harperscheid
Oberhausen
Schöneseiffen

Heraldic Bibliography: Gutmann, 2018

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