Bockenbach

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BOCKENBACH

State : Nordrhein-Westfalen
District (Kreis) : Siegen-Wittgenstein (until 1975 Siegen)
Incorporated into: 1960 Eichen (1969 Kreuztal)

Wappen von Bockenbach/Arms (crest) of Bockenbach
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Origin/meaning

The arms of Bockenbach 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 a roebuck's head (Bock=buck), a canting symbol. The wavy division line symbolises the -bach part of the name (Bach=river, stream).





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Literature: Meijer, 1940