Brackel

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BRACKEL

State : Niedersachsen
District (Kreis) : Harburg
Samtgemeinde : Samtgemeinde Hanstedt
Additions: 1972 Thieshope

Official blazon

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on

The arms show a tool used to brake the stalks of flax, used to produce linen (in German a Flachsbrake, I don't know the English word). The cultivation of flax used to be of great importance for the village.