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Deutsche Wappen (Gemeindewappen/Kreiswappen)
German Civic Heraldry

BÜREN

State : Nordrhein-Westfalen
District (Kreis) : Paderborn (until 1974 Büren)

Wappen von Büren

Origin/meaning:
The arms show a city with in the gate the arms of the Lords of Büren, who granted the city rights in 1195. The oldest known seal dates from 1299, which already showed the image of the present arms, the castle on a small hill with the family arms. The arms were officially granted in 1908 and were based on the oldest seal. Later rolls of arms only showed the arms of the family as the city arms, not the castle. The family ruled over the city until 1661.

Hupp showed the arms in the 1920s in a slightly different composition :

Wappen von Büren

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


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