Sehlde (Elze)

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SEHLDE

State : Niedersachsen
District (Kreis) : Hildesheim (until 1978 Alfeld)
Incorporated into : 1974 Elze

Official blazon

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Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on September 28, 1938. The arms show a type of urn. The idea is based on the arms of the medieval family Von Grapendorf, which used a bowl in their arms. The urn, however, is based on the prehistoric urn found in the village in the 1930s.