Menstede-Coldinne

MENSTEDE-COLDINNE Country: Germany State: Niedersachsen District (Kreis): Aurich (until 1977 Norden) Incorporated into: 1976 Grossheide 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":53.5944999999999964757080306299030780792236328125,"lon":7.3758999999999996788346834364347159862518310546875,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon

German	In Grün ein silberner Wolf vor einem schräglinks gestellten goldenen Abtstab, daran ein silbernes, golden gesäumtes Velum.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The crosier symbolises the convent at Coldinne, which was founded in 1290 and abolished in 1562. The wolf indicates that the last wolf in Ostfriesland was killed in the area in the 19^th century.

Literature: Leiner, K. : Panorama Norden. Norden, 1972.

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