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====Origin/meaning==== | ====Origin/meaning==== | ||
The arms were officially granted on January 13, 1988. | |||
The upper half shows a black grouse, a typical bird for the area. The base refers to the forests in the municipality and the two leaves represent the villages of Wesendorf anf Westerholz. | |||
The arms replaced arms granted just two years earlier, see below. | |||
The previous arms were granted on September 8, 1986. | |||
[[FIle:Wesendorf1.jpg|center]] | |||
The arms had basically the same design, but also had a small military cross. The cross referred to the large military camps of the German army in the village. | |||
However, the cross also symbolised for many people the Nazi regime and for the SPD (socialist) fraction in the municipal council this was unacceptable. After a long struggle, the arms were designed in 1984, the arms were granted in 1986. The cross, although also used by the Nazi regime, was established as a military decoration in 1813 and is being used until today. | |||
Still, the arms continued to cause political unrest and in 1988 th enew arms were granted. | |||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : | |||
[[Literature]] : Rabbow, 2003 | |||
[[Category:German Municipalities W]] | [[Category:German Municipalities W]] | ||
[[Category:Niedersachsen]] | [[Category:Niedersachsen]] | ||
[[Category:Gifhorn]] | [[Category:Gifhorn]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1986]] | |||
[[Category:Granted 1988]] | |||