Oesbern

OESBERN Country : Germany State : Nordrhein-Westfalen District (Kreis) : Märkischer Kreis (until 1975 Iserlohn) Amt: Amt Menden (until 1975 Incorporated into: 1975 Menden 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":51.4474000000000017962520360015332698822021484375,"lon":7.85390000000000032542857297812588512897491455078125,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon

German	Von Silber und Rot geteilt; oben zwei schwarze schräglinks gestellte Wolfsangeln, unten ein silbernes gestürztes Faßeisen.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on April 15, 1937.

The lower part shows the arms of the Amt Menden, to which the village belonged. The two wolf-irons refer to the two villages Ober- and Niederoesbern in the municipality and are derived from the Wolfskuhle area in the municipality.

Literature: Belke et al., 1986

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