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The wavy red bar and the fish are canting, the name means fish-brook. The crosier refers to the chapel and small settlement erected in 1471 by the Augustine Convent from Lippe in Westfalen. This was the origin of the village. The convent was abolished in 1564. | The wavy red bar and the fish are canting, the name means fish-brook. The crosier refers to the chapel and small settlement erected in 1471 by the Augustine Convent from Lippe in Westfalen. This was the origin of the village. The convent was abolished in 1564. | ||
The red balls and red (wavy) bar are taken from the arms of the Counts Kolb von Wartenberg, to whom the village belonged in the | The red balls and red (wavy) bar are taken from the arms of the Counts Kolb von Wartenberg, to whom the village belonged in the 18<sup>th</sup> century. They built a small hunting lodge in the area in 1777, which was destroyed in the 1790s. Their arms are shown below (from the [[Wappen-Sammlung Series 3 Nobility 1-1000]]). | ||
[[File:150a.wsa.jpg|center|250 px|Arms of the Counts of Wartenberg]] | [[File:150a.wsa.jpg|center|250 px|Arms of the Counts of Wartenberg]] | ||