Vert, a pale wavy argent. The arms symbolise the location of the village near by the Schermbecker Mühlenbach and the Lippe river.
This image is taken from www.ngw.nl – Heraldry of the World –  an international civic heraldry site by Ralf Hartemink. ngw.nl/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Altschermbeck


Veddeler, Peter; Wappen, Siegel, Flaggen; Münster 2003; S. 253; ISBN 3-87023-252-8
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