Amt Herrstein

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AMT HERRSTEIN

State : Rheinland-Pfalz
District (Kreis) : Birkenfeld
Incorporated into : Verbandsgemeinde Herrstein

Official blazon
German	Schild gespalten von einer eingebogenen erniedrigten silbernen Spitze, darin ein rotes Balkenkreuz, vorne rot-silbernes Schach, hinten ein blaubewehrter und -gezungter roter Löwe in Gold; Schildbord von Blau und Rot vierundzwanzigfach gestückt.
English	Herrstein No blazon/translation known. Please click here to send your (heraldic !) blazon or translation

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on October 10, 1963.

The arms combine elements of the former states and territories to which the different parts ofthe Amt belonged; the checquered field of the Sponheim county, the lion taken from the arms of the Wildgrafen and the cross of the State of Trier. The bordure symbolises the 24 municipalities in the Amt.