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Deutsche Wappen (Gemeindewappen/Kreiswappen)
German Civic Heraldry

BRUNSBÜTTEL

State : Schleswig-Holstein
District (Kreis) : Ditmarschen (until 1970 Süderditmarschen)
Additions : 1970 Kirchspielslandgemeinde Brunsbüttel, Brunsbüttelkoog, Mühlenstraßen, Ostermoor, Osterbelmhusen, Westerbelmhusen, Westerbüttel; 1972 Blangenmoor-Lehe

Wappen von Brunsbüttel

Origin/meaning:
In 1949 the city of Brunsbüttelkoog received city rights and the above arms were granted in 1951. The arms were continued by the new city of Brunsbüttel.

Brunsbüttel(koog) developed after the opening of the canal from the North Sea to the Baltic Sea at the end of the 19th century. The wavy bend symbolises the canal. The spade symbolises the digging of many small canals and ditches to drain the country, to make it suitable for agriculture. The anchor indicates the importance of shipping for the city.

Hupp showed rather different arms in the 1920s:


These arms are based on the seal of the local village and parish dating from 1316, and showing the local patron saint, St. James (Jacobus). A second seal from 1609 showed the same composition. His image is was also used on the arms of the Kirchspiellandgemeinde Brunsbüttel.

Literature : Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; Kaffee Hag albums, 1920s


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