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Deutsche Wappen (Gemeindewappen/Kreiswappen) German Civic Heraldry

LEUN

State : Hessen
District (Kreis) : Lahn-Dill Kreis (until 1975 Wetzlar)
Additions : 1972 Biskirchen, Bissenberg, Stockhausen

Origin/meaning:
The arms were granted on July 3, 1978.

The crescent is taken from the old seal of Leun, see below. The bridge indicates the importance of the town as a crossing point over the Lahn river. The waves in the base symbolise the Lahn river. The four stars symbolise the four former municipalities; Leun, Biskirchen, Bissenberg and Stockhausen.

The oldest seal of the city is known from 1760, but dates from the middle of the 17^th century. The seal showed a moon and a swimming duck. The moon is considered a canting element (Leun, from luna, Latin for moon), the duck most likely symbolised the Leuner Becken lake.

The seal was no longer used in the 19^th century, but recovered and reused from 1934-38. In 1938 the arms below with only a duck, were granted in the colours of the Counts of Solms-Braunfels, to which the village belonged for several centuries. The arms became obsolete after the merger in 1972.

Literature : New iamge and image of seal from http://www.leun.de:80/tourismus/wappen.htm; old image and background from Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.

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