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Heraldry of the World Civic heraldry of Germany - Deutsche Wappen (Gemeindewappen/Kreiswappen) |
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SENDE
State : Nordrhein-Westfalen
District (Kreis) : Gütersloh (until 1972 Wiedenbrück)
Incorporated into : 1970 Verl
Official blazon
Origin/meaning
The arms were granted on June 24, 1938.
The arms are based on the etymology of the name of the village; which is derived from medieval German Sinethi, or heathland. The arms symbolise this with an oak tree (forest) and rose (Heiderose, Heide=heath).
Literature : Meijer, 1940