Leimen

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LEIMEN

State : Baden-Württemberg
District (Kreis) : Rhein-Neckar Kreis (until 1973 Heidelberg)
Additions : 1973 Gauangelloch (1937 Ochsenbach); 1975 Sankt Ilgen

Official blazon

(1911) In geviertem Schild Feld 1: In Schwarz ein rot bezungter goldener Löwe; Feld 2 und 3: In Silber an grünem Stiel mit linkshin weisendem grünen Rebblatt eine nach oben gekehrte blaue Weintraube; Feld 4: Von Blau und Silber schräggerautet.
(1981) Im gevierten Schild Feld 1: in Gold ein rot bezungter schwarzer Löwe; Feld 2: in Blau eine silberne Lilie; Feld 3: in Blau ein silberner Angelhaken; Feld 4: in Silber an grünem Stiel mit rechtshin weisendem grünem Rebblatt eine nach oben gekehrte blaue Weintraube.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on November 27, 1981.

After the merger with the two other villages, the new arms combine elements from the three former arms.

The previous arms were adopted in 1911.

The old arms are based on a 16^th century seal and are in turn based on the arms of the counts of the Pfalz. The latter arms are quartered of the lion of the Pfalz and the arms of the Wittelsbach family, who ruled the Pfalz. The village became a possession of the Counts of the Pfalz in 1351. The grapes are a symbol for the widespread and important viticulture. In the 17^th century the grapes were sometimes misinterpreted as pine cones.