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	WIRDUM Country : Germany State : Niedersachsen District (Kreis) : Aurich (until 1977 Norden) Samtgemeinde : Brookmerland 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":53.47840000000000060254023992456495761871337890625,"lon":7.20370000000000043627323975670151412487030029296875,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
German	Gespalten von Rot und Gold; vorn ein goldbewehrter, goldgezungter silberner Löwe, hinten ein blauer Abtsstab mit abflatterndem blauem Velum.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The lion is the arms of the famikly Beninga zu Grimersum, who originally came from the Beninghaburch in Wirdum (first mentioned in 1354). The crosier symbolises a monastery which was founded in 1255 just south of Wirdum.

The arms in the town
(Image by F. Velde, 2022)

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

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