List of coats of arms in the Märkisches Kreis

This list contains all coats of arms of the Märkischer Kreis in North Rhine-Westphalia listed in Wikipedia , including historical coats of arms. All cities, communities and districts in North Rhine-Westphalia have a coat of arms. They can be reached via the navigation bar at the end of the page.

Märkischer Kreis

Coat of arms of the Märkisches Kreis
The Märkische Kreis in North Rhine-Westphalia

Coats of arms of cities and municipalities

City of Altena
City of Balve
City of Halver
City of Hemer
community Herscheid
City of Iserlohn
City of Kierspe
District town Lüdenscheid
City of Meinerzhagen
City of Menden (Sauerland)
Community Iserlohn
City of Neuenrade
City of Plettenberg
Schalksmühle municipality

City of Werdohl

Coats of arms of the former offices

Coats of arms of formerly independent communities

Districts of the city of Altena

Districts of the city of Balve

Districts of the city of Hemer

City arms from 1935
Basin
Deilinghofen
Frönsberg
Himert

Districts of the city of Iserlohn

Districts of the city of Lüdenscheid

Lüdenscheid-Land

Districts of the city of Meinerzhagen

Valbert

Districts of the city of Menden (Sauerland)

Blazons and Notes

↑ Märkischer Kreis: "Divided by a three-row red-white (-silver) bar, above a black red-armored lion growing in yellow (gold), below in white (silver) a continuous black cross."
(§ 2 Article 2 of the main statute of the Märkisches Kreis, coat of arms draft by Waldemar Mallek, decided by the district assembly of the Märkischer Kreis on March 4th, 1976 and approved by a certificate from the District President in Arnsberg of May 6th, 1976. )
↑ Altena: In a golden field, the Brandenburg crossbeam, set in three rows of red and silver, with Saint Catherine of Alexandria watching over the crossbeam in a red dress and blue cloak, on her head the count's crown, in her right hand a silver sword and in holding the wooden straightening wheel with silver crescent-shaped tips in his left hand.
↑ Balve: "Split of silver (white) and blue, in front a half black continuous cross, behind half a silver eagle armed with gold (yellow)."
↑ Halver: "On a table set in three lines on a silver and red beam, and a femlinde on a golden (yellow) background."
↑ Hemer: "Split, in front in yellow (gold) a three-row red-white (silver) scabbed bar, in back in black three (2: 1) yellow (gold) wolf pegs."
↑ Herscheid: In gold, the bar of the Count von der Mark, carved from red and silver in three lines, from which a growing red stag rises
↑ A wall with two red, blue-roofed towers in the yellow field and covered with three red-silver crossbeams, from which St. Pancras in the red cloak, holding a sword in his right hand, grows up between the towers.
↑ Kierspe: A shield of gold and silver divided by the red-silver chess bar of the Counts von der Mark, above a black raven (Rauk) striding to the right, below the blue armored red lion of the Dukes of Berg.
↑ Lüdenscheid : In gold (yellow) above a red battlement wall with an open gate, a double row of seventeen rows of silver (white) and red, the bishop Medardus growing above it in red regalia with a red miter, a silver bishop's staff, in his left hand a closed red one Holding book with gold cross and gilt edging.
↑ Meinerzhagen: Divided, in the larger upper field in yellow (gold) growing red, white (silver) armored lion above a blue St. Andrew's cross, below a red and white (silver) chess bar, covered with a yellow (gold) hunting horn.
↑ Menden: In black a white (silver) tinned gate tower with bay windows attached to both sides, in the archway a yellow (golden) portcullis, in front of it a white (silver) drawbridge.
↑ Nachrodt-Wiblingwerde: In gold, the Brandenburg cube bar in silver and red, the rose of the parish Wiblingwerde and a blue wavy ribbon.
↑ Neuenrade: “Divided by yellow and white by a three-rowed red-white bar; above the growing red clad, yellow crowned Mother of God with a blue cloak, on the right arm the baby Jesus, both white nimbly; a continuous black cross below. "
↑ Plettenberg: Divided by yellow and white by a three-row red-white column; above the growing red clad, yellow crowned Mother of God with a blue cloak, on the right arm the baby Jesus, both white nimbly; at the bottom a continuous black cross.
↑ Schalksmühle : On a golden background a three-rowed bar in nine fields from red to silver, growing above it a half black paddle wheel, including three green holly leaves (ilex) arranged in a bouquet.
↑ Werdohl: In the white and black split shield a curved golden tip rising to the edge of the shield, on the top right a red rose with green leaves, on the left a vertical silver chain with 3 round rings, with the upper and lower ring open; the top is crossed by the bar of the Counts of the Mark, set in three rows of silver and red.
↑ Amt Balve: “Divided and split below, above growing in silver, Saint Peter in a red robe with a golden key in his right hand and a golden book in his left; at the bottom split by silver and blue, at the front half a black cross, at the back half a silver, gold-armored eagle. "
↑ Amt Hemer: "Split, in front in yellow (gold) a three-row red-white (silver) scabbed bar, behind in black three (2: 1) yellow (golden) wolf-rods."
↑ Amt Meinerzhagen: “The coat of arms of the former Amt Meinerzhagen shows in a silver (white) shield; divided by a three-rowed bar, eight times red and silver (white), on top a growing red, blue-armored and tongued lion and in the base of the shield a black cross. "
↑ Amt Menden: In red a silver overturned cow iron.
↑ Hemer 1935 : Three (2: 1) golden wolf fishing rods in a black shield surrounded by a three-row red and silver border.
↑ Hennen : In red, three (2: 1) silver towers crowned with three pinnacles each.
↑ Kesbern : shield divided by black and silver; two silver ploughshares next to each other above, three (1: 2) golden wolf fishing rods on a black three-mountain below.
↑ Letmathe : In a silver shield covered with ermine a three-rowed red-gold bar, above it a red lion growing
↑ Sümmern : In red a golden bar, above it three silver roses placed bar by bar, underneath a silver barrel iron
^ Valbert : Divided into gold (yellow) and silver (white); above a growing bearded hunter in green, with a green hat and a brush, in the right a silver (white) hunting horn; below, above a black cross in the base of the shield, a three-row bar cut eight times from red and silver (white).
↑ Sümmern : In red a golden bar, above it three silver roses placed bar by bar, underneath a silver barrel iron

[1] Märkischer Kreis: "Divided by a three-row red-white (-silver) bar, above a black red-armored lion growing in yellow (gold), below in white (silver) a continuous black cross."
(§ 2 Article 2 of the main statute of the Märkisches Kreis, coat of arms draft by Waldemar Mallek, decided by the district assembly of the Märkischer Kreis on March 4th, 1976 and approved by a certificate from the District President in Arnsberg of May 6th, 1976. )

[2] Altena: In a golden field, the Brandenburg crossbeam, set in three rows of red and silver, with Saint Catherine of Alexandria watching over the crossbeam in a red dress and blue cloak, on her head the count's crown, in her right hand a silver sword and in holding the wooden straightening wheel with silver crescent-shaped tips in his left hand.

[3] Balve: "Split of silver (white) and blue, in front a half black continuous cross, behind half a silver eagle armed with gold (yellow)."

[4] Halver: "On a table set in three lines on a silver and red beam, and a femlinde on a golden (yellow) background."

[5] Hemer: "Split, in front in yellow (gold) a three-row red-white (silver) scabbed bar, in back in black three (2: 1) yellow (gold) wolf pegs."

[6] Herscheid: In gold, the bar of the Count von der Mark, carved from red and silver in three lines, from which a growing red stag rises

[7] A wall with two red, blue-roofed towers in the yellow field and covered with three red-silver crossbeams, from which St. Pancras in the red cloak, holding a sword in his right hand, grows up between the towers.

[8] Kierspe: A shield of gold and silver divided by the red-silver chess bar of the Counts von der Mark, above a black raven (Rauk) striding to the right, below the blue armored red lion of the Dukes of Berg.

[9] Lüdenscheid : In gold (yellow) above a red battlement wall with an open gate, a double row of seventeen rows of silver (white) and red, the bishop Medardus growing above it in red regalia with a red miter, a silver bishop's staff, in his left hand a closed red one Holding book with gold cross and gilt edging.

[10] Meinerzhagen: Divided, in the larger upper field in yellow (gold) growing red, white (silver) armored lion above a blue St. Andrew's cross, below a red and white (silver) chess bar, covered with a yellow (gold) hunting horn.

[11] Menden: In black a white (silver) tinned gate tower with bay windows attached to both sides, in the archway a yellow (golden) portcullis, in front of it a white (silver) drawbridge.

[12] Nachrodt-Wiblingwerde: In gold, the Brandenburg cube bar in silver and red, the rose of the parish Wiblingwerde and a blue wavy ribbon.

[13] Neuenrade: “Divided by yellow and white by a three-rowed red-white bar; above the growing red clad, yellow crowned Mother of God with a blue cloak, on the right arm the baby Jesus, both white nimbly; a continuous black cross below. "

[14] Plettenberg: Divided by yellow and white by a three-row red-white column; above the growing red clad, yellow crowned Mother of God with a blue cloak, on the right arm the baby Jesus, both white nimbly; at the bottom a continuous black cross.

[15] Schalksmühle : On a golden background a three-rowed bar in nine fields from red to silver, growing above it a half black paddle wheel, including three green holly leaves (ilex) arranged in a bouquet.

[16] Werdohl: In the white and black split shield a curved golden tip rising to the edge of the shield, on the top right a red rose with green leaves, on the left a vertical silver chain with 3 round rings, with the upper and lower ring open; the top is crossed by the bar of the Counts of the Mark, set in three rows of silver and red.

[17] Amt Balve: “Divided and split below, above growing in silver, Saint Peter in a red robe with a golden key in his right hand and a golden book in his left; at the bottom split by silver and blue, at the front half a black cross, at the back half a silver, gold-armored eagle. "

[18] Amt Hemer: "Split, in front in yellow (gold) a three-row red-white (silver) scabbed bar, behind in black three (2: 1) yellow (golden) wolf-rods."

[19] Amt Meinerzhagen: “The coat of arms of the former Amt Meinerzhagen shows in a silver (white) shield; divided by a three-rowed bar, eight times red and silver (white), on top a growing red, blue-armored and tongued lion and in the base of the shield a black cross. "

[20] Amt Menden: In red a silver overturned cow iron.

[21] Hemer 1935 : Three (2: 1) golden wolf fishing rods in a black shield surrounded by a three-row red and silver border.

[22] Hennen : In red, three (2: 1) silver towers crowned with three pinnacles each.

[23] Kesbern : shield divided by black and silver; two silver ploughshares next to each other above, three (1: 2) golden wolf fishing rods on a black three-mountain below.

[24] Letmathe : In a silver shield covered with ermine a three-rowed red-gold bar, above it a red lion growing

[25] Sümmern : In red a golden bar, above it three silver roses placed bar by bar, underneath a silver barrel iron

[26] Valbert : Divided into gold (yellow) and silver (white); above a growing bearded hunter in green, with a green hat and a brush, in the right a silver (white) hunting horn; below, above a black cross in the base of the shield, a three-row bar cut eight times from red and silver (white).

[27] Sümmern : In red a golden bar, above it three silver roses placed bar by bar, underneath a silver barrel iron