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Deutsche Wappen (Gemeindewappen/Kreiswappen)
German Civic Heraldry

HAUSBERGE AN DER PORTA

State : Nordrhein-Westfalen
District (Kreis) : Minden-Lübbecke
Incorporated into : 1973 Porta Westfalica

Origin/meaning:
The arms were granted in 1939 and show the arms of the prince-bishops of Minden (keys) and the eagle wing taken from the arms of the Lords of Berg. The town was a stronghold of the prince-bishops, but was not founded by them. The oldest seals of the town show the patron saint, St. Walburgis dressed as a nun, sitting on a throne and standing before her a small shield with the two crossed keys. The arms of the Lords of Berg, who lived in the Schalksburg castle in town until 1398 were added in 1939 and never appeared in the seals of the town.

Hupp showed the arms in the 1920s with the saint itself as shown in th eseal of 1621:

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


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