Bramstedt

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BRAMSTEDT

State : Niedersachsen
District (Kreis) : Cuxhaven (until 1977 Wesermünde)
Additions : 1974 Finna, Finnaerdorf, Harrendorf, Lohe, Wittstedt
Samtgemeinde : 1970–2014 Samtgemeinde Hagen
Incorporated into : 2014 Hagen im Bremischen

Official blazon

(de) Geteilt, oben in Blau drei silberne Rüdenköpfe mit goldener Zunge und goldenen, beringten Halsbändern, unten in Gold eine blaue Jakobsmuschel.

Origin/meaning

The arms show a scallop, the symbol of St. James, the local patron saint. The chief shows three dog heads, taken from the arms of the medieval Von Bramstadt family.