Buchen (Siegen)

BUCHEN Country : Germany State : Nordrhein-Westfalen District (Kreis) : Siegen-Wittgenstein (until 1977 Siegen) Incorporated into: 1966 Hüttental 1975 Siegen 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":50.93717000000000183490556082688271999359130859375,"lon":7.97890000000000032542857297812588512897491455078125,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon

German	Schild von gold und blau geteilt; oben ein liegendes Hifthorn mit Band, unten ein aufrechtes Buchenblatt in verwechselten Farben.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms of Buchen were granted on May 27, 1939.

The upper part shows a horn, the symbol of the Amt Ferndorf, to which the municipality belonged. The lower half shows a canting beech leaf, Buche means beech.

Heraldic Bibliography: Meijer, 1940

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