Amt Lüdenscheid

AMT LÜDENSCHEID Country : Germany State : Nordrhein-Westfalen District (Kreis) : Altena Incorporated into: 1969 Lüdenscheid 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":51.2488000000000027966962079517543315887451171875,"lon":7.62990000000000012647660696529783308506011962890625,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon

German	Schild durch einen dreireihig rot-silbern geschachten Balken geteilt; oben in schwarz liegend eine aus drei Ringen (2 offen, 1 geschlossen) gebildete silberne Kette, unten in gold ein dreiblättriger grüner Stechpalmenzweig.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on June 8, 1936.

The arms show the bar taken from the arms of the Counts of the Mark, who ruled the area in the medieval times. The rings in the upper half are taken from the arms of the Lords Von Neuhoff, who had their estate in the area.The rings are also part of the municipality of Lüdenscheid-Land. The holly leaves are taken from the arms of Hülscheid.

To the Amt belonged:

• Hülscheid
• Lüdenscheid-Land

Literature: Meijer, 1940

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