Gandesbergen

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GANDESBERGEN

State : Niedersachsen
District (Kreis) : Nienburg (until 1979 Grafschaft Hoya)
Samtgemeinde : Samtgemeinde Grafschaft Hoya (until 2011 Samtgemeinde Eystrup)

Official blazon
German	In Grün über goldenem Dreibergrand eine auffliegende gold beschnabelte und gold befußte silberne Gans; in Schildfuß ein silbernes Bad über silbernem Wellenbalken.
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Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on ?.

The goose and the hill are canting elements (the name can be derived from goose-hills). The wavy bar is the Weser river, the hills also refer to the hilly landscape of the municipality. The wheel refers to the old postal road through the village.