Amt Netphen

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AMT NETPHEN

State : Nordrhein-Westfalen
District (Kreis) : Siegen)
Incorporated into : 1969 Netphen and smaller parts to Siegen and Wilnsdorf

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Origin/meaning

The arms of Amt Netphen were granted on August 17, 1937.

The arms show in the basea black boar. The boar is taken from the old seal of Netphen-Irmgarteichen (known since 1467). The lion in the upper part of the new arms is the lion of <a href=n/nassau|Nassau]], as the area belonged to the County Nassau-Siegen. The lion of Nassau is also part of all the Ämter is the (former) district Siegen.

To the Amt belonged:

  • Afholderbach
  • Anzhausen
  • Beienbach
  • Brauersdorf
  • Breitenbach (1966 to Siegen)
  • Deuz
  • Dreis-Tiefenbach
  • Eckmannshausen
  • Eschenbach
  • Feuersbach
  • Flammersbach
  • Frohnhausen
  • Gernsdorf
  • Grissenbach
  • Hainchen
  • Helgersdorf
  • Herzhausen
  • Irmgarteichen
  • Nauholz
  • Nenkersdorf
  • Niedernetphen
  • Niedersetzen (1966 to Hüttental)
  • Obernau
  • Obernetphen
  • Obersetzen (1966 to Hüttental)
  • Oelgershausen
  • Rudersdorf
  • Salchendorf
  • Sohlbach
  • Unglinghausen
  • Walpersdorf
  • Werthenbach

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Literature : Meijer, 1940.