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'''SEHNDE'''

State : [[Niedersachsen]]<br/>
District (Kreis) : 2001 [[Region Hannover]] (until 1974 [[Burgdorf (kreis)|Burgdorf]], 1974-2001 [[Hannover (kreis)|Hannover]]) <br/>
Additions : 1974 [[Bilm]], [[Bolzum]], [[Dolgen]], [[Evern]], [[Gretenberg]], [[Haimar]], [[Höver]], [[Ilten]], [[Klein Lobke]], Müllingen, [[Rethmar]], Wassel, [[Wehmingen]], [[Wirringen]]

[[File:sehnde1.jpg|center|alt=Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]

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===Origin/meaning===
The arms show a lion's head as all municipalities in the Grossen Freien territory, which is not the Sehnde municipality, used a lion in their arms.

The previous arms were granted in 1939.
[[File:sehnde.jpg|center|alt=Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]

The chief shows the lion as used by all municipalities in the Grossen Freien territory. The lower half shows the blade of a spade, originally symbolising agriculture, but now also used as a symbol for the potassium mining in the area. A spade was also used by Henning von Sehnde in the 15<sup>th</sup> century.

[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes.


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[[Category:Hannover]]
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