Eichen (Kreuztal)

	EICHEN Country : Germany State : Nordrhein-Westfalen District (Kreis) : Siegen-Wittgenstein (until 1977 Siegen) Additions: 1960 Bockenbach 1960 Stendenbach Incorporated into: 1969 Kreuztal 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":50.97789999999999821511664777062833309173583984375,"lon":7.9702900000000003188915798091329634189605712890625,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	Schild von gold und blau geteilt; oben ein liegendes Hifthorn mit Band, unten eine aufrechte Eichel in verwechselten Farben.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms of Eichen 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 an acorn as a canting symbol (Eichen=oaks)

Literature: Meijer, 1940

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