Herscheid

HERSCHEID Country : Germany State : Nordrhein-Westfalen District (Kreis) : Märkischer Kreis (1969-1975 Lüdenscheid before 1969 Altena) Additions: 1969 Lüdenscheid-Land (partly) 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":51.1779999999999972715158946812152862548828125,"lon":7.7446000000000001506350599811412394046783447265625,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon

German	In goldenem Schilde ein dreireihig rot-silbern geschachter Balken, darüber wachsend ein roter springender Hirsch mit rotem Geweih.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on October 17, 1935.

The arms are based on the arms of the Counts of the Mark, with in the upper half a deer as a canting element (Her is derived from Hirsch, or deer). The deer also refers to a local legend in which the people from Herscheid and Valbert saved the life of the Count of the Mark and received free hunting rights around their villages.

Literature: Mayer, 1940

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