Wöltingerode

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WÖLTINGERODE

State : Niedersachsen
District (Kreis) : Goslar
Incorporated into : 1972 Vienenburg

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Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on July 1, 1972.

The arms are derived from the arms of the Counts of Wohldenberg (later Wöltingerode-Wohldenberg), founders of the local monastery in medieval times.

Literature : Rabbow, 1977