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'''Country''' : Germany [[File:germany.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br>
'''State''' : [[Niedersachsen]][[File:Niedersachsen.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br>
'''District (Kreis)''' : [[Aurich (kreis)|Aurich]][[File:Aurich2.kreis.jpg|60 px|right]]<br>(until 1977 [[Norden (kreis)|Norden]])<br><br><br>
'''Samtgemeinde''' : [[Brookmerland]][[File:brookmer.amt.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br>


'''WIRDUM'''
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State : [[Niedersachsen]]<br/>
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District (Kreis) : [[Aurich (kreis)|Aurich]] (until 1976 [[Norden (kreis)|Norden]])<br>
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Samtgemeinde : [[Brookmerland]]
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|'''German'''
| Gespalten von Rot und Gold; vorn ein goldbewehrter, goldgezungter silberner Löwe, hinten ein blauer Abtsstab mit abflatterndem blauem Velum.
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[[File:wirdum.jpg|center]]
===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.


====Origin/meaning====
===Image gallery===
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.
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File:Wirdumg.jpg|alt=Wappen von Wirdum/Arms (crest) of Wirdum|The arms in the town<br>(Image by F. Velde, 2022)
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[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: Leiner, K. : Panorama Norden. Norden, 1972.


[[Literature]] : Leiner, K. : Panorama Norden. Norden, 1972.
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[[Category:German Municipalities W]]
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Latest revision as of 08:31, 3 September 2023

Wappen von Wirdum/Arms (crest) of Wirdum
WIRDUM

Country : Germany
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State : Niedersachsen
Niedersachsen.jpg




District (Kreis) : Aurich
Aurich2.kreis.jpg

(until 1977 Norden)


Samtgemeinde : Brookmerland
Brookmer.amt.jpg




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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.

Image gallery

  • Wappen von Wirdum/Arms (crest) of Wirdum

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

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



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