Kohlscheid

KOHLSCHEID Country : Germany State : Nordrhein-Westfalen District (Kreis) : Städteregion Aachen Incorporated into: 1971 Herzogenrath 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":50.83370000000000032969182939268648624420166015625,"lon":6.08729999999999993320898283855058252811431884765625,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

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Origin/meaning

The arms refer to the former coal mining in town. There has been coal mining since the 12^th century in the area of Kohlscheid and the arms represents the miner's hammers, which have been used for breaking the hard coal.

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