Belecke

	BELECKE Country: Germany State: Nordrhein-Westfalen District (Kreis): Soest (until 1975 Arnsberg) Incorporated into: 1975 Warstein 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":51.4859000000000008867573342286050319671630859375,"lon":8.33670000000000044337866711430251598358154296875,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	In Silber wachsend das Brustbild des rotgekleideten hl. Pankratius mit blauem Mantel, goldenem Nimbus und grünem Lorbeerkranz auf dem Haupt, mit der Rechten ein gesenktes silbernes Schwert mit goldenem Griff haltend.
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Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on January 8, 1912 by King Wilhelm II.

The arms show St. Pancratius, the patron saint of the city. The saint already appears in the oldest seal of the city, known since the 14^th century.

All later seals have shown the same image. In the early 18^th century the seals were not very clear, and the arms appeared in some rolls of arms as a female torso, instead of the saint.

Image gallery

The seal of Belecke from 1401.
The arms in the Arnsberger Wappensammlung, 1700
The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925

Literature: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; Belke et al., 1986

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