Balje

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BALJE

State : Niedersachsen
District (Kreis) : Stade
Samtgemeinde : Samtgemeinde Nordkehdingen

Official blazon

(de)

Origin/meaning

The arms show a bell, which is related to a local legend, in which, after a large flood, the bell from the church of Brunsbüttel was taken by the villagers of Balje.