Bockenbach
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BOCKENBACH
State : Nordrhein-Westfalen
District (Kreis) : Siegen-Wittgenstein (until 1975 Siegen)
Incorporated into : 1960 Eichen (1969 Kreuztal)
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).
Literature : Meijer, 1940