Empelde

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EMPELDE

State : Niedersachsen
District (Kreis) : Region Hannover (until 2001 Hannover)
Incorporated into : 1969 Ronnenberg

Official blazon

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Origin/meaning

IThe arms were officially granted on December 22, 1960.

The arms show symbols of the main activities in the area in past and present. The miner's lamp refer to the local potash mining, the wheatears to the agriculture and the wheel to the industry in the village.