- Herscheid
Infobox German Location
Name = Herscheid
Art = Stadt
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Wappen = Wappen_Herscheid.svg
lat_deg = 51 |lat_min = 10 | lat_sec=0
lon_deg = 07 |lon_min = 45 | lon_sec=0
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Bundesland = North Rhine-Westphalia
Regierungsbezirk = Arnsberg
Kreis = Märkischer Kreis
Höhe = 250 - 663
Fläche = 58.92
Einwohner = 7581
Stand = 2006-06-30
PLZ = 58849
Vorwahl = 02357
Kfz = MK
Gemeindeschlüssel = 05 9 62 020
Straße = Plettenberger Straße 27
Website = [http://www.herscheid.de/ www.herscheid.de]
Bürgermeister = Lothar Schütz
Partei = IndependentHerscheid is a municipality in the southern
Märkischer Kreis , inNorth Rhine-Westphalia ,Germany .Geography
Herscheid is located in the "Ebbegebirge" ("Ebbe Mountains"), a part of the
Sauerland mountains. Altitudes in the municipality extend from 250m above sea level in the valley of the "Schwarze Ahe" up to the highest elevation, the 663.3m high "Nordhelle". The municipality covers an area of 58.924 km², of which 58% is forest and 33% is used agriculturally. Most of the area is protected as a nature reserve, the "Naturpark Ebbegebirge".Neighbouring places
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Werdohl
*Plettenberg
*Meinerzhagen
*Lüdenscheid History
The first written document mentioning "Hertsceido" dates from
1072 in a charter of bishop Anno of Cologne. However, the settlements in what is now the municipal area probably date back to the4th century . From the12th century till1753 the parish of Herscheid formed a court district. During the French occupation (1806 till1814 ), the "Mairie Ebbe" covered Herscheid and neighbouringValbert .The station "Hüinghausen" was made for
narrow gauge railway .Coat of arms
The coat of arms of Herscheid is above a fess abased chequy of three rows gules and argent, a demi-stag salient proper. The stag, or deer, (German "Hirsch") has a double significance: it refers both to the etymological origin of the name "Herscheid" as "area where deer live" and also to the old hunting privileges formerly enjoyed here (said to have been given by one of the Counts of the Mark as reward for help in fighting in the Ebbe mountains against the episcopal state of Cologne). The red-and-white chequered
fess of the Counts also appears, Herscheid having been formerly part of their territory. The coat of arms was designed byOtto Hupp , and was granted onOctober 17 1935 . The coat of arms is also featured on the town flag.External links
* [http://www.herscheid.de Official site] de icon
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