Holle Municipality (Germany)

Gemeinde Holle, Landkreis Hildesheim, Lower Saxony

Last modified: 2017-11-11 by klaus-michael schneider
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It is a green-red-green horizontal triband with centred arms.
Source: this online catalogue
Klaus-Michael Schneider,17 Aug 2017

Coat of Arms

Shield Argent with base Vert, issuant from base an oak tree Sable with four leaves Vert and five acorns Or, superimposed by a disc Gules, charged with four bezants and three plates.
Meaning:
The oak is reminding on the medieval local court, held by the Counts of Wohldenberg, first mentioned in 1186. The disc is a so called disc brooch (German: Scheibenfibel) from times of the Merovingian dynasty around 600. It had been found during excavations in 1936. It has a diameter of 5cm and is made of copper, adorned by four red discs made of glass and three white discs made of nacre.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider,17 Aug 2017

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