„Argent, a bend wavy azure charged with a continuous cross gules.“
In the 17. century the abbess of Essen got made arms for the imperial Essen Abbey. Below in the right quarter the arms of Rellinghausen was to be seen. The cross symbolise the chapter of nuns in the municipality and the bend the Ruhr river.
Stadtverband der Bürger- und Verkehrsvereine Essen e.V. www.buergervereine-essen.de Literatur (Quelle) Kurt Schweders Wappen der Essener Stadtteile, Johann Rainer Busch 2009, ISBN 978-3-00-028515-8


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=Rellinghausen
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