Westheim (Marsberg)

WESTHEIM Country : Germany State : Nordrhein-Westfalen District (Kreis) : Hochsauerlandkreis (until 1969 Büren) Amt : (until 1975) Amt Wünnenberg Incorporated into: 1975 Marsberg 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":51.49589999999999889723767410032451152801513671875,"lon":8.9080999999999992411403582082130014896392822265625,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon

German	In Gold ein schwarzer schreitender Hirsch; darüber im Schildhaupt vorn eine schrägrechte grüne Weizenähre und hinten ein schräglinkes grünes Eichenblatt.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted in 1966.

The arms are derived from the Counts of Stolberg (see also Stolberg (Harz)), former rulers of the area, who showed a deer on their arms. The wheat ear symbolises the importance of agriculture and the oak leave the wooded areas.

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