Petze

PETZE

State : Niedersachsen
District (Kreis) : Hildesheim (until 1978 Alfeld)
Incorporated into : 1974 Sibbesse

Official blazon
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The arms were officially granted on January 27, 1939.

The pheasant is taken from the arms of the local lords Von Wrisberghofen. The wheat-ears symbolise the local agriculture.

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