Eimke

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EIMKE

State : Niedersachsen
District (Kreis) : Uelzen
Samtgemeinde : Samtgemeinde Suderburg

Official blazon

(de)

Origin/meaning

The right half shows the letter E, the initial of the municipality. The red colour symbolises the colour of the heath in August. The ram's head is a symbol of agriculture, but shown in a similar was as a heraldic boar, to signify the local wildlife.