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====Official blazon==== | ====Official blazon==== | ||
In Rot, mit eingeschweifter silberner Spitze, vom ein schräglinker silberner Wellenbalken, hinten eine schrägrechte silberne Axt; die Spitze ist belegt mit einem roten flammenden, von drei goldenen Nägeln durchbohrten, Herzen. | |||
====Origin/meaning==== | ====Origin/meaning==== | ||
The flaming heart refers to the local Ignatius chapel, a well known place of pilgrimage for over 300 years. The heart refers to Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuit Order. | |||
The wavy bend symbolises the Leine river in the municipality. The axe is a symbol for clearing the forest (roden in German), and thus is a canting symbol. | |||
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