Canhusen

CANHUSEN Country: Germany State: Niedersachsen District (Kreis): Aurich (until 1977 Norden) Incorporated into: 1976 Hinte Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":53.44270000000000209183781407773494720458984375,"lon":7.2102000000000003865352482534945011138916015625,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon

German	In Blau über einem goldenen Einbaum ein rechtssehender, rotbewehrter und -bezungter goldener Adlerkopf.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms show a canoe, which was found in the moors before the second world war. It dated from prehistoric times. It was burned during the war. The eagle is derived from the arms of the Allena family, who owned the (now destroyed) castle in Canhusen since the 14^th century.

Heraldic Bibliography:Leiner, K.:Panorama Norden. Norden, 1972.

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