Sottrum

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SOTTRUM

State : Niedersachsen
District (Kreis) : Rotenburg (Wümme)
Additions : 1974 Everinghausen, Stuckenborstel
Samtgemeinde : Samtgemeinde Sottrum

Official blazon

German	In Rot unter silbernem mit schwarzem Nagelkreuz belegten rechten Obereck der Heilige Georg in goldener Rüstung auf nach links reitenden goldgezäumtem und goldhufigem silbernem Pferd mit goldener Lanze einen grünen Lindwurm erstechend.
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Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on ?

The arms show Saint George, the local patron saint. The small cross is the arms of the Diocese and State of Verden, to which the area historically belonged.

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