Rodewald mittlere Bauernschaft

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RODEWALD MITTLERE BAUERSCHAFT

State : Niedersachsen
District (Kreis) : Nienburg
Incorporated into : 1969 Rodewald

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Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on November 2, 1960.

The owl in the window is taken from a statue of an own in front of one of the windows in the church of Rodewald. In medieval times an owl in a window meant a nocturnal seer, which would protect the church at night.

Literature : Ziegler, 1986