Waldleiningen: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Knorrepoes (talk | contribs) m (Text replacement - "|'''English''' ↵| {{blazon wanted}}" to "|'''English''' | blazon wanted") |
Knorrepoes (talk | contribs) m (Text replacement - "↵{{de1}}↵{{media1}}↵↵'''Literature''': Debus, 1988↵↵[[Category:German" to " '''Literature''': Debus, 1988 {{de1}} {{media1}} [[Category:German") |
||
Line 24: | Line 24: | ||
The arms are canting; the lower part shows a tree for the Wald- (forest) part of the name. The two eagles are those of the Counts and County of Leiningen. The village belonged to the Leiningen County until 1793. The axe symbolises the fact that the village was founded in the 19<sup>th</sup> century as a village for wood workers. | The arms are canting; the lower part shows a tree for the Wald- (forest) part of the name. The two eagles are those of the Counts and County of Leiningen. The village belonged to the Leiningen County until 1793. The axe symbolises the fact that the village was founded in the 19<sup>th</sup> century as a village for wood workers. | ||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Germany|'''Literature''']]: Debus, 1988 | |||
{{de1}} | {{de1}} | ||
{{media1}} | {{media1}} | ||
[[Category:German Municipalities W]] | [[Category:German Municipalities W]] |
Revision as of 09:23, 21 July 2023
WALDLEININGEN
State : Rheinland-Pfalz
District (Kreis) : Kaiserslautern
Verbandsgemeinde : Verbandsgemeinde Hochspeyer
German | In Blau eine erhöhte eingebogene silberne Spitze, darin auf grünem Boden ein grüner Laubbaum, dessen Stamm mit einer roten Axt schräglinks überdeckt ist, in den oberen Ecken je ein rotbewehrter silberner Adler. |
English | blazon wanted |
Origin/meaning
The arms were granted on March 30, 1960.
The arms are canting; the lower part shows a tree for the Wald- (forest) part of the name. The two eagles are those of the Counts and County of Leiningen. The village belonged to the Leiningen County until 1793. The axe symbolises the fact that the village was founded in the 19th century as a village for wood workers.
Literature: Debus, 1988