Brackel

BRACKEL Country : Germany State : Niedersachsen District (Kreis) : Harburg Samtgemeinde : Hanstedt Additions : 1972 Thieshope 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":53.29959999999999809006112627685070037841796875,"lon":10.0466999999999995196731106261722743511199951171875,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon

German	blazon wanted
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on

The arms show a tool used to brake the stalks of flax, used to produce linen (in German a Flachsbrake, I don't know the English word). The cultivation of flax used to be of great importance for the village.

Literature: http://www.hanstedt.de/

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