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'''EBSTORF''' | '''EBSTORF''' | ||
State : [[Niedersachsen]]<br/> | State : [[Niedersachsen]]<br/> | ||
District (Kreis) : [[Uelzen (kreis)|Uelzen]]<br/> | District (Kreis) : [[Uelzen (kreis)|Uelzen]]<br/> | ||
Additions : 1972 Altenebstorf<br> | Additions: 1972 Altenebstorf<br> | ||
Samtgemeinde : [[Samtgemeinde Bevensen-Ebstorf]] (until 2011 [[Samtgemeinde Altes Amt Ebstorf]]) | Samtgemeinde : [[Samtgemeinde Bevensen-Ebstorf]] (until 2011 [[Samtgemeinde Altes Amt Ebstorf]]) | ||
[[File:ebstorf.jpg|center]] | [[File:ebstorf.jpg|center|alt=Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were granted on ??-??-1934. | The arms were granted on ??-??-1934. | ||
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The horse on the banner is the horse used by the Kings of Hannover, as the area historically belonged to the Kingdom of Hannover.In the original design the arms showed the saint as a black person, as he was. However, in 1934 a black face was not acceptable in Nazi Germany and Ebstorf thus has the only white-faced St. Mauritius ! | The horse on the banner is the horse used by the Kings of Hannover, as the area historically belonged to the Kingdom of Hannover.In the original design the arms showed the saint as a black person, as he was. However, in 1934 a black face was not acceptable in Nazi Germany and Ebstorf thus has the only white-faced St. Mauritius ! | ||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes. | |||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:German Municipalities E]] | [[Category:German Municipalities E]] | ||