Gardelegen (kreis)

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GARDELEGEN

State : Sachsen-Anhalt
Incorporated into : 1994 Altmarkkreis Salzwedel

Official blazon

(de)

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on September 14, 1938.

The upper part of the arms shows the eagle of Brandenburg, as the county was part of Brandenburg since 1807. The lower part is the arms is the lion of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel and represents the villages in the former Amt Klötze that were part of Braunschweig.