Axstedt

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AXSTEDT

State : Niedersachsen
District (Kreis) : Osterholz (kreis) (until 1977 Wesermünde)
Samtgemeinde : Samtgemeinde Hambergen

Official blazon

Origin/meaning

The wavy bar symbolises the Billerbeck stream that runs through the village. The deer antlers and the oak leaf both symbolise the Axstedter Wald, which was already mentioned in the Middle Ages as a large forest.