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The coat of arms of Bergneustadt

The arms were granted on December 24, 1876.

The town developed around a castle built in 1301 by Rüttger von Altena ordered by Count Eberhard II of the Mark. The oldest seals of the city date from the middle of the 14th century and already show the present arms. The upper part of the arms shows the arms of the Counts of the Mark, the lower part the older arms of the (oldest) Counts of Berg, from which the Counts of the Mark descended. From 1922-1969 the city used a mural crown on the arms.

Source: municipality Bergneustadt (agreement e-mail from the 26.08.04 of the municipality is to the user:Mrfinch refer to de:Benutzer:Mrfinch/Genehmigungen)

Public domain

This file depicts the coat of arms of a German Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts (corporation governed by public law). According to § 5 Abs. 1 of the German Copyright law, official works like coats of arms are gemeinfrei (in the public domain).

Note: The usage of coats of arms is governed by legal restrictions, independent of the copyright status of the depiction shown here.


Dieses Bild stellt das Wappen einer deutschen Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts dar. Nach § 5 Abs. 1 UrhG (Deutschland) sind amtliche Werke wie Wappen gemeinfrei ("public domain").

Wappen sind allgemein unabhängig von ihrem urheberrechtlichen Status in ihrer Nutzung gesetzlich beschränkt. Ihre Verwendung unterliegt dem Namensrecht, und den öffentlichen Körperschaften dienen sie darüber hinaus als Hoheitszeichen. Weitere Informationen dazu gibt es unter Wikipedia:Wappen, Amtliches Wappen und Wappensatzung.

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