Bünde

BÜNDE

State:Nordrhein-Westfalen
District (Kreis):Herford
Additions:1969 Amt Ennigloh, Amt Herford-Hiddenhausen (partly), Ahle, Bustedt, Dünne, Ennigloh, Holsen, Hunnebrock, Hüffen, Muckum, Spradow (partly), Südlengern (partly), Werfen

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English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on July 14, 1909 and again on April 28, 1972.

The arms are supposedly canting, two knights holding hands, thus forming a bond (zum Bunde). It is based on the fact that the two Germanic warlords, Hengist and Horsa, in the 5^th century on the spot of the present city formed a pact to invade England.

The municipal stamp shown in 1892	Seal from around 1900
Seal from around 1900	The arms as shown in 1940
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925

Heraldic Bibliography: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.

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