Sun wheels are also native to where I live, but an internet search yields little information on them still in use as a decorative thing on farm houses.

Here are a few samples you can't read of course, the horse heads, Cross, tree of life and the 6 star sun wheel signifying Christ's light for the world.

http://natuurcultuur.nl/download?type=document&docid=514156

Much of our lower Saxon history is in the process of being lost, even if many things have been hijacked by other religions and continue to be celebrated at the right time of year, hardly anyone remembers where those traditions started.