Amt Volmarstein

AMT VOLMARSTEIN Country : Germany State : Nordrhein-Westfalen District (Kreis) : Ennepe-Ruhr Kreis Incorporated into: 1970 Gevelsberg 1970 Wetter 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":51.359409999999996898623066954314708709716796875,"lon":7.3580600000000000449063009000383317470550537109375,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon

German	Unter rot-silbern geschachtem Schildhaupt in goldenem Felde ein rotes Dreiblatt.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on June 24, 1936.

The chequered chief is derived from the arms of the Counts of the Mark, as the area was part of the Mark region. The trefoil is taken from the arms of the Lords of Volmarstein, who had their castle in the village since the 12^th century.

To the Amt belonged:

• Asbeck
• Berge
• Esborn
• Grundschöttel
• Silschede
• Volmarstein

Literature: Meyer, 1940

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