Bissendorf (Wedemark)

BISSENDORF Country : Germany State : Niedersachsen District (Kreis) : Region Hannover (until 1975 Burgdorf) Incorporated into: 1974 Wedemark Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":52.5227000000000003865352482534945011138916015625,"lon":9.75750000000000028421709430404007434844970703125,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

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Official blazon

German	Auf Grün ein silberner Pfeilerkopf des Amtstores von 1691 mit der Chiffre GW.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on November 17, 1955.

The village was until 1852 the capital of the Wedemark region. The arms show the typical tower of the council-hall, the Amtshof, later the town hall of the Bissendorf council. The initials GW are those of Georg Wilhelm, Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg. The village historically belonged to the Duchy.

Literature: Peters, 1974